There will be The Matrix Resurrections spoilers below. The power of the Matrix is that it's a [...]
✖ There will be The Matrix Resurrections spoilers below. The power of the Matrix is that it's a narrative device that has both plot and thematic function. In the original 1999 movie, the machine-built simulation is literally a mirage to imprison the human race so they become living batteries, and by that same token it can be seen as a stand-in for expectations ingrained in society or countless other readings.
Previous versions of the Matrix were constructed out of mathematical precision to keep people's minds in check and, even with the anomaly of"The Cycle of The One," there was an opportunity to break free. The new version of The Matrix relies more on an emotional response to the simulation than its predecessor. In other words, it focuses on engagement, just like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc.
A 2018 article from Science Focus details how social media sites construct their apps and page with the same tactics as casinos and gambling machines."Once you're trapped in a spiral of infinite scrolling, social media apps don't want you to look up," Catherine Price writes. It's the same way that the new version of The Matrix has trapped both Neo and Trinity in cycles, loops that rival the day-to-day life of everyone else stuck in the cogs of the Machines' machine.
Another key factor of this new version of the Matrix and how it was clearly influenced by modern social media is in The Analyst's secret weapon, something he calls Swarm Mode. While the original version of the Matrix had its stuffy-suit wearing, sunglasses-clad Agents, the new Matrix hides its weapons in plain sight. Regular people that walk around and seem normal, perhaps a mind yet to be freed, are actual mindless drones that can be activated by The Analyst to do their bidding.
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