January 13, 2021
They say that in the “Second Dimension” (the world of screens – the net, iphones, anime – where so many now spend so much of their lives), appearances are all that matter.
Something I noticed among the rioters in the Capitol – and which, strangely, gives me some hope that they may one day break out of their online dream state – is the way many were pawing at the edifice and looking around in wonder, odd looks on their faces. As if both displaced and awakened.
My guess is that it was because the place turned out to be in three dimensions – real.
The transition from the Second to the Third Dimension must have been jarring.
MOE
M.I.C.H. – Modernity, Intelligence, Complexity, Humanity