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Here, we return to a theme that was only briefly touched on previously—the problem isn’t just that the world has become too grid-like, it is that, “nothing and nowhere escapes the techno-social net which we have cast over the planet. Uncharted territory has become a thing of the past.”
The seriousness of this problem cannot be overstated. Man feeds on *terra incognita*. The wildness of our imagination, the vitality of our spirit, the boldness of our dreams—these can only swell to their greatest extent when we feel as if there are hidden treasures or secrets waiting to be discovered.
Life on the Grid
Roger’s Bacon
We tend to think of space-time as the pre-existing structure through which observers communicate. But Müller and Höhn flipped the story. Start with observers sending messages, and you can derive space-time.
Do We Create Space-Time? A New Perspective on the Fabric of Reality
Amanda Gefter
Like his admirer Jean Baudrillard,2 Ballard has for a long time resembled a rogue AI, re-permutating the same few themes ad infinitum, occasionally adding a sprinkling of contemporary detail to freshen up a limited repertoire of fixations.
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