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Gojiberra | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 "I was thinking about how normies learn about and get sucked into adopting new technologies."

The Matrix movie is for example seemed to prime people to accept things like Bitcoin.
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AbstractEquilibrium | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It's much easier to orange or purple pill someone, after they've taken the red pill 😏
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Gojiberra | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It's apparently very powerful to write stories and film. I get annoyed because I'm not a fan of Matrix genre. I think those movies are all ugly . I don't like scenes like Star Wars. I'd rather see landscapes like Sound of music. But that movie hasn't orange pilled anyone to my knowledge.
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AbstractEquilibrium | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 That's the point.  You can choose to indulge the comfortable illusion of a thing, or you can choose to see the reality of the thing.  Even if it's ugly & difficult, it's still closer to the truth than the illusion, and that's precisely the choice and the hero's journey Neo takes in The Matrix.