We are living in the Matrix.

You all have seen the Matrix, right? There was a time I wouldn’t have needed to ask that question. Then I realized I’m getting old enough to where it’s quite possible for a newly minted adult (or one soon to be) to have skipped it or only experienced it as a child. I watched all of them as an adult. And they were pretty good.

If you’ve not seen any of them, or the last time you saw them was before you turned 16, then I highly recommend watching all of them. It’s been said Reloaded and Revolutions were not good. Yes, they have their problems for sure. But generally speaking, there’s some good thematic messages to draw from each of them. In any case, if you’re wanting to follow me on this journey, consider watching the Matrix series to be course material. It won’t be the only course material, but it’s a good start.

So anyway, why or how are we in the Matrix? Well for starters, I’ll say I do not actually believe we’re trapped in a reality simulator being controlled by a robot horde because our bodies produce cheap, easy to harness energy. However, there are actually a couple of ways we are in a Matrix like situation.

One way is the possibility that this our world, and ourselves, are actually a digitally simulated universe. Sounds farfetched, I know. But let’s think about it for a moment by looking at what we have created ourselves: virtual 3 dimensional worlds. These worlds actually exist in our world as 1 dimensional, 0 weight bits of information. Yet, despite that, they can be rendered into 3 dimensional space and viewed 2 dimensionally. If we can do this, then it’s possible our world is the same way. For now, this isn’t immediately relevant to this post as it’s the second way that I’m interested in talking about today. However, keep this idea tucked into the back of your head. It’ll come up later.

The other way, and more relevant to today’s post, is the systemic control the Matrix applies to its citizens. The machines needed to find a way to control humans in order to effectively harvest the energy the human body generates. Much like farmers erect fences to keep their livestock from wandering off. With the release of Vault 7, Wikileaks has further exposed what Edward Snowden did regarding the spying and subtle control of the populace.

You’ve already seen some of these tools in place. The attempt to supress free speech by digital companies, governments, and the press. The attempt to control the narrative and what people think via control of popular culture. How our own government has been perpetrating massive spying on its own citizens. It’s not hard to believe this is happening all around the world. More and more, what once were conspiracy theories about a secret cabal of rich powerful people pulling the strings behind the curtain is seem much more plausible.

The deep state government, and this secret cabal, want to keep its citizenry in line and compliant. But, to what end? We’ll discuss more of that later. But, just keep in mind, like the machines running the Matrix, there is a malevolent force out there that is attempting to control everyone and it’s not for our individual benefit.

On the next post, we’ll discuss the miracle that was Trump’s election. Until then, keep up the good fight, fellow centipedes!