My favorite book is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Murakami.
I find it delightful because it cleverly interleaves a fantasy world and real world that become increasingly hard to tell apart over time.
Kind of wild that our reality is following suit.
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I feel like now's the time to start a cult. If you don't you'll be placed into one regardless. :/
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It's also an excellent metaphor for what life under lockdown was/is like -- life at the end of the world has no past, no future, no planning, no goals.
Only the Endless Now.
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There really is no distinction. It's a construct that has helped our evolution so far but will hinder us from here on in. AI will show this to be true.