Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and the Religion in the MatrixGlenn Yeffeth Dive into the world of The Matrix ahead of the 2021 release of Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections! Taking the Red Pill is a thought-provoking, mind-expanding thrill ride through The Matrix, examining the technological challenges, religious symbolism, and philosophical dilemmas the film presents. Renowned scientists, technologists, philosophers, scholars, social commentators, and science fiction authors provide engaging and provocative perspectives: • Inventor and technologist Ray Kurzweil reveals the technological trends that make The Matrix more prophetic than anyone suspects • Sun chief scientist Bill Joy’s classic essay “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us” describes the horrors that await as these technologies are developed • Yale philosopher and occasional standup comic Nick Bostrom calculates the odds that we are in the Matrix • Best-selling science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer explores the history of artificial intelligence in science fiction culminating with The Matrix • Economist and philosopher of science Robin Hanson shows how we are controlled by a power as malevolent as that of the Matrix Taking the Red Pill will change how you view The Matrix—and the world around you. |
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... Buddha asserted via the doctrine of no - self ( anātman ) that it is the illusion that we are somehow distinct , independent " selves " that leads us to act egotistically . And it is this egotistic ten- dency that perpetuates suffering ...
... Buddha asserted via the doctrine of no - self ( anātman ) that it is the illusion that we are somehow distinct , independent " selves " that leads us to act egotistically . And it is this egotistic ten- dency that perpetuates suffering ...
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... Buddha actually possesses the power to create his / her own cosmic realm . However , Śakyamuni Buddha did not transform the world in such a radical way . People continued to suffer , live illusory exist- ences , and die . But he did ...
... Buddha actually possesses the power to create his / her own cosmic realm . However , Śakyamuni Buddha did not transform the world in such a radical way . People continued to suffer , live illusory exist- ences , and die . But he did ...
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... Buddha having the same conversation with Mara , the demon - god that lords over samsāra . He did not destroy Mara . Mara , symbolizing the power that keeps us in samsara , lives on . We can imagine , however , that Mara proceeds with a ...
... Buddha having the same conversation with Mara , the demon - god that lords over samsāra . He did not destroy Mara . Mara , symbolizing the power that keeps us in samsara , lives on . We can imagine , however , that Mara proceeds with a ...
Contents
WHAT IS THE MATRIX? | 5 |
WHY WE STAY IN OUR MATRIX | 23 |
THE NATURE OF REALITY AND WHY IT MATTERS | 33 |
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