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Tag Archives: Philip K. Dick
Saturday Matinee: A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly By Brian Eggert Source: Deep Focus Review Based on the acclaimed novel by Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater’s 2006 film of A Scanner Darkly presents a cautionary tale on drugs, surveillance, and perception in a unique formal arrangement. Set … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged A Scanner Darkly, Cult Film, Philip K. Dick, PKD, Richard Linklater, Rory Cochrane, Science fiction
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Saturday Matinee: A Glitch in the Matrix
Sundance 2021 Review: Rodney Ascher’s Hybrid Doc A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX Simulates Belief By Martin Kudlac Source: Screen Anarchy “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Philip K. Dick Sundance regular Rodney Ascher returns on … Continue reading
Welcome to Philip K. Dick’s dystopia
Nothing is private and no one is free By David Samuels Source: UnHerd Philip K. Dick, whose novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? inspired the film Blade Runner, did not live to enjoy his Hollywood success. He died on March 2, 1982, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged A Scanner Darkly, culture, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dystopia, Jeremy Bentham, Philip K. Dick, PKD, psychology, Science fiction, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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Make Sure You Download the Latest Ministry of Propaganda Updates
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s time once again to check for Ministry of Propaganda updates, which like Windows and iOS is constantly being updated to counter new threats and enhance the user experience (heh). Much like the other … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Big Tech, Consumerism, Dystopia, Economics, environment, Neofeudalism, Neuromarketing, Philip K. Dick, PKD, propaganda, Psyops, Technocracy, unsustainability
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Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, 9/11, AI, Authoritarianism, Center for Strategic and International Studies, China, civil liberties, Covid-19, digital authoritarianism, digital surveillance, Dystopia, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, PKD, police state, Privacy, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Technotyranny, though police, Totalitarianism
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The Future Is Here: Dystopian Movies Fit for a Dystopian World
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Film, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, A Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Art, culture, Dystopia, film, George Orwell, Government, Literature, Margaret Atwood, Minority Report i, Philip K. Dick, police state, Science fiction, society, state violence, surveillance state, Technocracy, The Handmaid’s Tale
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Saturday Matinee: Virtual Nightmare
“Virtual Nightmare” (2000) is an Australian television film adaptation of the 1955 science fiction short novel by Frederik Pohl. It was directed by Michael Pattinson and written by Dan Mazur and David Tausik (who two years earlier collaborated for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cult Film, Dan Mazur, David Tausik, Dystopia, Frederik Pohl, Michael Pattinson, Philip K. Dick, PKD, Science fiction, Virtual Nightmare
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Desultory Heroics 