15 Minutes of Fame: Philosophically speaking

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1-12-2010 @ 6:12PM

thebvp said...

Thraelys,

The analogy works well as a decent introduction to people who aren’t familiar with it. Other than that, when I was in school, it was basically the equivalent of sociological papers on MMOs, something which was overdone and drove people within the discipline absolutely insane. Oh, look, another paper on The Matrix. Oh, look, another paper on Fight Club.

If I taught an introductory class, I would probably show a brief clip of The Matrix, because it does work at one level and get people thinking.

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