What if our world, the one in which we have a computer that plays Minecraft, is just another layer of simulation? Would that thrill you, or disgust you? Does the idea titillate you…or make you afraid? Does it say that nothing matters, that there are no true consequences—or is it just that things matter differently, that the consequences are impermanent? As they are in many religions, by the way. I’ll tell you now: we are in a simulation. It’s the only explanation for, well, everything. Let me show you. —Anum Kirkhauser, in his transmedia series, Inside the Inside the Inside, which premiered at
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