From The Matrix to the metaverse and beyond. the first Matrix movie introduced a generation of sci-fi fans to an ancient philosopher’s saw: What if your entire reality were a deceit? Two decades on, the film’s plot—free-thinking renegades attempt to expose the lies behind an oppressive system—is as timely as ever, but its conceptual premise feels almost quaint. The technologies that have emerged since then do indeed raise the question of what is real, but now they do it in ways that are stranger
From The Matrix to the metaverse and beyond. the first Matrix movie introduced a generation of sci-fi fans to an ancient philosopher’s saw: What if your entire reality were a deceit? Two decades on, the film’s plot—free-thinking renegades attempt to expose the lies behind an oppressive system—is as timely as ever, but its conceptual premise feels almost quaint. The technologies that have emerged since then do indeed raise the question of what is real, but now they do it in ways that are stranger