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It began
as the second decade
of the 21 Century
entered middle age,
an underlying
sense of unease,
change.
New technology
increasingly
altering perceptions.
Reality
not seeming so sure.
Our five senses,
were they enough?
Were they telling
us the whole story,
or was most of it
hidden
from our perceptions?
Increasingly
questions were being asked.
Are we alone?
Do we live in a computer
simulation,
a Matrix?
Is there a Multiverse?
Parallel dimensions?
Quantum mechanics
suggested the underlying
substructure of reality
was just probabilities.
What does that even mean?
Are we even bright enough
to ask the right questions?
String theory,
M theory,
the theory of
everything!
What!
The Singularity is near,
post humanism,
immortality.
Will people learn
to live together
or tear each other apart?
Are we on the cusp
of a golden age
or a nightmare?
Utopia or dystopia?
Will we ever know
the truth?
Yet to be determined.
