Philip K. Dick on the Simulacrum

I'd now like to bring your attention to a very preceptive comment made by Philip K. Dick:

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. … So I ask, in my writing, what is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind.” Philip K. Dick, How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later, 1978.

I distrust their motives

Who was this guy? Gotta look up his book. Thanks for posting.

You know, I stopped believing in the media... And guess what, they went away... at least for me they did.

Offthepage wrote:

I distrust their motives

Who was this guy? Gotta look up his book. Thanks for posting.

You know, I stopped believing in the media... And guess what, they went away... at least for me they did.

He is my favorite author and he envisioned much of today's world... You can buy his books at any good store.