Smart Pop Books — Taking the Red Pill

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Taking the Red Pill

Science, Religion and Philosphy in The Matrix

Edited by Glenn Yeffeth

How many layers of meaning lie in The Matrix? As the Wachowski have said: “More than you will ever know.”

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Introduction: Taking the Red Pill
David Gerrold
What is the Matrix?
Read Mercer Schuchardt
Was Cypher Right? (Part I)
Robin Hanson
Was Cypher Right? (Part II)
Lyle Zynda
Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction, and The Matrix
Robert J. Sawyer
The Reality Paradox in the The Matrix
James Gunn
The Matrix: Paradigm of Post-Modernism or Intellectual Poseur? (Part I)
Dino Felluga
The Matrix: Paradigm of Post-Modernism or Intellectual Poseur? (Part II)
Andrew Gordon
Glitches in The Matrix...And How to Fix Them
Peter B. Lloyd
Buddhism, Mythology, and The Matrix
James L. Ford
Human Freedom and the Red Pill
Peter J. Boettke
Finding God in The Matrix
Paul Fontana
The Human Machine Merger
Ray Kurzweil
Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
Bill Joy
Are We Living in The Matrix?
Nick Bostrom

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