Neo, Plato.

As I was reading and also watching, I drew many parallels, and for some reason, I could not help but just think about social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. I used these specific social media because I have seen how people can become obsessed with and completely consumed by these virtual worlds. Almost as though these become the reality and the real world is no longer their real space. Plato says, “Behold! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads”. It is as though this virtual media has trapped human beings, and The Matrix is a more literal perception of how we can be consumed by this. I feel as though today, instead of the red pill, we might have to turn off the airport and step outside.