Reality is just a game now
Stop conflating “reality” with “perception”.<p>Reality is the objective truth. Perception is out individual mental models of reality, built up by our own past experiences and our limited information set.<p>Edit - I think this is actually a very important distinction to make. There IS an objective set of facts that can answer these questions definitively. And we need to remember that. By conflating terms like “reality” and “truth” with ideas of mental models and perception (or even using phrases like “my reality”), we’re already giving up before the game is even played. Reality and truth are must be defined as the objective, omniscient state, even if it is practically unknowable. They must be defined this way because we must acknowledge that those states exist at all so we can strive to get as close to them as possible. If we cease to acknowledge there is a real, objective truth, then everything is arbitrary and unmoored - we’re lost at sea with no bearing and no direction.<p>I do agree with the general premise of the piece, however - that <i>perceptions</i> of reality in society have been weaponized and manipulated on an industrial scale. But it’s super super important not to lose the idea that “reality” exists.