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Oct 22, 2022Liked by karin valis

Excellent; I feel your mind racing at a 1000 questions a second. What we have here is a continuation from the early conceived active-matrix-display with its border to contain its captured pixels (pixies) that dance (sprites). That active matrix is a grid array of squares, which as the squares get smaller (resolution (just like digital music with its bitrate)) the illusion is more convincing (trick). Add the huge database of digital images (mirage); when one stares into the looking glass, an image comes forth with a prompt, an act of will. Where was I... yes, so, simulacra, with more immersion, is still a trick, to trick oneself, but it takes two to realise.

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