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The Matrix has a powerful lesson to teach us all.
To live outside the algorithm, you must become the algorithm.
- Just near the end of the first Matrix movie, Neo re-enters the Matrix to rescue Morpheus which, of course, goes quite well.
“No one fights an agent and wins”
Yet as the story unfolds, here is Neo, in slow motion, brushing away the agents like he was brushing crumbs off his jacket. Quite simply, he can see the algorithm coming. He has become the algorithm and has no problem predicting what comes next.
It’s not just what comes next for Neo, it’s what comes next for the agents — let’s call it “The Smith Escalation”, ie. more of the worst shit on high rotation.
Keanu Reeves
I’m currently seeing a lot of moral panic about algorithms, like they’re a new thing here to unravel our minds. The answer is simple, we all need to become Neo, which would involve becoming Keanu Reeves. Unfortunately, he’s tall, good looking, smart, talented and by all reports, kind, generous and an all-round nice fellow. Getting most of the human race to emulate that is going to be difficult.
I know that sounds odd, given how many Hugo Weaving’s they managed to find to make the Matrix.
