Exploring various portals into technology and mythology, science and fiction...
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Saturday, March 28, 2026
What is...Any form of existence...
https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory/comments/1s5zqu1/any_form_of_existence
"...play the game "existence" to the end. Of the beginning, of the beginning..." https://www.thebeatles.com/tomorrow-never-knows , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4BuziKGMy4
Tomorrow Never Knows: How The Beatles Invented the Future with Studio Magic and LSD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV_BxnNfcR0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows 1966
https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory/comments/1s5z1sl/vedic_yantratantra_concepts_as_possible/
https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/w4lyrx/piano_sample_at_the_end_of_tomorrow_never_knows
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TUlEsLoYEJM#:~:text=1.2K,Piano%20(1964%20Challen%20Studio%20Piano)
https://theconversation.com/westworlds-player-piano-is-the-great-character-that-keeps-getting-overlooked-95238 The player piano at the ending of the song.
The player piano was a symbolic key element in the HBO Westworld production.
Westworld S1 Official Soundtrack | Main Title Theme - Ramin Djawadi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYelEUVQ50g
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/8k9f55/the_piano_the_player_and_the_player_piano/
https://college.berklee.edu/news/ramin-djawadi-westworld-hbo-music-score-composer-film
Perhaps the protagonist in Vanilla_Sky after he has been thawed out and revived from his digital dream, can listen to more of his music play list. What will he see and do in the waking world that he has returned to? Tomorrow never knows what new experiences await.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Sky_(song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP2ABs3AZl0
The corporate Net and the Web vs. the-web-of-life-we-are all a part of.
https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969
https://www.munichre.com/en/insights/cyber/29oct1969-the-day-the-internet-was-born.html
Some 3 decades before The MATRIX, The Moody Blues depicted someone returning from a VR or NDE experience in 1969.
In The Beginning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj1HBMKblo8
"There you go, man Keep as cool as you can Face piles of trials with smiles It riles them to believe That you perceive the web they weave And keep on thinking free" https://genius.com/The-moody-blues-in-the-beginning-lyrics
https://earthfireinstitute.org/letter-from-chief-seattle-as-read-by-joseph-campbell
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” ― Chief Seattle https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7362241-humankind-has-not-woven-the-web-of-life-we-are
"This we know the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." --Chief Seattle https://www.awakin.org/v2/read/view.php?tid=345
Friday, March 27, 2026
What If Chicago Built Their version of the Twin Towers as the World Technology Center?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-lT4-niMw
Replicas of the World Trade Center Proposed for Chicago? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXPkXy4fec
Chicago WTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q128BFmscR4 part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN5QbtKVmTw part 2
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
From ZOO TV in Sydney to the MATRIX Zoo in Sydney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Stage_design_and_show_production
https://medium.com/@james.clark/zoo-tv-a-masterpiece-of-multidisciplinary-art-87f92f0b3ca8
https://www.u2.com/tour/id/58 Sydney https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8C89D286AB60DF65
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney
https://tokyofoxbeyondthemovies.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/sydney-filming-locations-the-matrix-1999
https://movie-locations.com/movies/m/Matrix.php
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1s3b26q/im_still_recovering
https://www.reddit.com/r/U2Band/comments/1netnn9/zoo_tv_real_life_experience
In the early 1990s, U2 fans got to see Bono as the Proto-Neo in the U2 version of The Matrix.
Even Better Than The Real Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTxrgXWToZA
https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/exjoll/the_matrix_locations/
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Monday, March 23, 2026
Is It a Rabbit Hole or a Wormhole?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-JDMoVFFr8A
Is Time Travel Through Wormholes Actually Possible? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hQ21XZw_uM
Falling Into a Wormhole (Simulation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YYMionmL0U
How Scientists Created a "Wormhole" in a LAB? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fv1xmX854k
Monday, March 16, 2026
Meta Reportingly Firing a Vast Percentage of Its Staff in Zuckerberg’s Move to AI
The company is looking to spend up to $135 billion on AI this year alone. https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-firing-percentage-staff-zuckerberg
The tech giant has struggled to deliver on its ambitious plans for the Avocado AI model, AI-powered smart glasses and other next-generation projects. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-reportedly-slashing-workforce-ai-spending
https://businesschief.com/news/meta-may-consider-workforce-cuts-amid-ai-push
https://www.barrons.com/articles/meta-platforms-stock-job-cuts-report-jpmorgan-bebee1b0
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Scientists Put a Fruit Fly’s Brain Into a Computer Simulation — What It Did Next Shocked Everyone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvL5NlpYauk
Matter over mind? How the acceptance of digital entities depends on their appearance, mental prowess, and the interaction between both https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1071581920300653
https://online.citysys.space/2023/01/19/definition-of-digital-entities
https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/glossary/digital-identity
https://dictionary.archivists.org/entry/digital-entity.html
https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-identity
https://airights.net/digital-entity
The digital fly and the A.I. fly.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Lockheed Martin, Air Force project tests missile evasion with AI-piloted fighters
A.I. can be put into any vehicle, even a bug.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
The Flies in Westworld
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1rqa9xn/the_flies_guys_theyre_already_doing_the_flies/
https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a40627249/what-are-the-flies-in-westworld/
https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/westworld-season-4-how-charlotte-hales-flies-work/
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-artificial-intelligence-virtual-fly-life.html
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Host
Monday, March 2, 2026
Matrix 5 Still In Development – But Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIrSIUICG_E
Of course the first MATRIX movie will always be the best in the series. However, the 4th movie had a chance to really get into the simulation hypothesis and the nature of reality. Perhaps the 5th movie will be able to touch upon that somewhat better.