Glitches in The Matrix: A Demand for Lifelong Development
Jun 08, 2025
When you were 18 months old, you had the world all figured out. You could see, hear, feel, touch, and taste things. You could walk. You could make sounds that caused things to happen. The world was magical. Interesting stuff appeared out of nowhere, right here, right now. You dealt with what was in front of you. Life made sense.
But then you began to notice glitches in the Matrix. You started to wonder if that toy that used to magically appear under the couch had actually been there the whole time, even when you weren’t looking. It started to occur to you that mom was not just blinking in and out of existence, but that she was actually still in the house, just in the other room. She was still there, but not with you! What does this mean?!
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