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Between PKD's "If you find this world bad, you should see some of the others" talk (https://youtu.be/Q7SxTm_LQW4 https://youtu.be/Q7SxTm_LQW4) predicted the plo
by motohagiography 5y ago
Between PKD's "If you find this world bad, you should see some of the others" talk (https://youtu.be/Q7SxTm_LQW4 https://youtu.be/Q7SxTm_LQW4) predicted the plot of The Matrix back in 1977, and his letters in "Exegesis," his secret to world building was based on remembering it from visions.
I don't like his writing, but I do like his ideas. (I even wrote a song about it: https://soundcloud.com/n-gram-music/exegesis https://soundcloud.com/n-gram-music/exegesis )
- fao_ 5y agoWelt Am Draht "predicted" The Matrix in 1973, and it was based on Simulacron-3 which also "predicted" The Matrix, written in 1964. The Matrix was not a specifically unique concept, it was just unfamiliar to audiences at the time. That isn't to say that there isn't something especially good and powerful in it's blend of the aesthetics and themes that Welt Am Draht and the remake The Thirteenth Floor didn't have.
- JaimeThompson 5y agoIt was also referenced in a 1976 Dr. Who series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who)