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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... bodhisattva . In contrast to the arhat ideal of Nikāya Buddhism , Mahāyāna favored the bodhisattva— one who is on the path to Buddhahood . According to Mahāyāna rheto- ric at least , the bodhisattva is motivated not by a desire to ...
... bodhisattva . In contrast to the arhat ideal of Nikāya Buddhism , Mahāyāna favored the bodhisattva— one who is on the path to Buddhahood . According to Mahāyāna rheto- ric at least , the bodhisattva is motivated not by a desire to ...
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... bodhisattva intentionally comes back to the world of samsara in order to alleviate suffering and help lead others on the same path . A bodhisattva , frequently defined as one who " turns back " from Nirvana , is more accurately pursuing ...
... bodhisattva intentionally comes back to the world of samsara in order to alleviate suffering and help lead others on the same path . A bodhisattva , frequently defined as one who " turns back " from Nirvana , is more accurately pursuing ...
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... bodhisattvas and Buddhas do ... and so with Neo . It remains to be seen exactly how Neo will proceed from here ... bodhisattva , vowed to create his own Pure Land upon achieving Buddhahood . All who invoke the name of Amitabha with ...
... bodhisattvas and Buddhas do ... and so with Neo . It remains to be seen exactly how Neo will proceed from here ... bodhisattva , vowed to create his own Pure Land upon achieving Buddhahood . All who invoke the name of Amitabha with ...
Contents
WHAT IS THE MATRIX? | 5 |
WHY WE STAY IN OUR MATRIX | 23 |
THE NATURE OF REALITY AND WHY IT MATTERS | 33 |
Copyright | |
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