I believe the Matrix is very real. We may not be the unconscious batteries living in the delusion of the programs created by the machines, but we live in the delusion of the rules and belief systems created by our parents, teachers, colleagues, bosses and society designed to control us. It's a delusion because we're not living the life according to our true self. We're not listening to our inner voices because we're taught our own voices are wrong and inappropriate. So we live the life of others, a program created by others, because of the fear of being wrong and outcast.
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Ji Lee (in Emmerson's Self-Reliance via
the Domino Project)