Konečně jsem se dostal k přečtení eseje od Philip K. Dick How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later. Pokud máte 30 minut, investujete to do ní taky.
Elizabeth Antebi, who was the producer of the film, wanted to have me whirling around in one of the giant teacups while discussing the rise of fascism with Norman Spinrad… an old friend of mine who writes excellent science fiction. We also discussed Watergate, but we did that on the deck of Captain Hook’s pirate ship.
Ač je text původně z roku 1978, hlava se vám z něj bude dnes točit ještě víc.
... the bombardment of pseudo-realities begins to produce inauthentic humans very quickly, spurious humans — as fake as the data pressing at them from all sides. ... Fake realities will create fake humans. Or, fake humans will generate fake realities and then sell them to other humans, turning them, eventually, into forgeries of themselves. So we wind up with fake humans inventing fake realities and then peddling them to other fake humans.
Zajímalo by mě, jak by se jeho definice reality:
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
Vypořádala s teorií o simulaci.
Každopádně text stojí za přečtení, i jen kvůli historce s německým překladem Dickova románu Ubik.
05-03-2024