Living as Creatures

Living as Creatures

The Demon in the Machine

Sinister is a movie for our moment but not the final word.

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Ben Christenson
Dec 30, 2024
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“Imagine that you fell into a deep sleep on June 28, 2007—the day before the iPhone was released. Like Rip Van Winkle, you wake up 10 years later and look around. The physical world looks largely the same to you, but the people are behaving strangely. Nearly all of them are clutching a small glass and metal rectangle, and any time they stop moving, they…

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