“Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.” – Lily Tomlin

When The Matrix was released in 1999, the internet was rapidly entering everyday life, virtual reality was capturing the public imagination, and society was approaching a new millennium with both excitement and anxiety about the growing power of computers. Written and directed by the Wachowskis, the film transformed those concerns into one of the most influential science fiction stories of its generation.

The film imagined that what humanity perceived as reality was actually a sophisticated computer simulation. Most people were physically dormant, connected to........

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