Week 8’s lecture was focused on the topic of virtual philosophy.
Virtual Philosophy, I found was a hard concept to understand. Though it can be explained as the links between humanities dependence on technology and the ability to tell the difference from what is real and what is not.
Interestingly, Virtual Philosophy and the theories of cyberpunk coincide.
To elaborate, the study of virtual philosophy also deals with the concept of humanities dependence on technology in the future and how machines may dominate the way we live, in centuries to come.
In addition, the idea of virtual philosophy plays with the concept of the fusion of man and machine, the creation of a technological dystopian future and the idea that one corporation will govern society, much like the theories of cyberpunk.
Most likely the most famous movie that deals with the concept of virtual Philosophy is The Matrix. The Matrix represents the theories of the fusion of man and machine and the idea of a technological dystopian future.
Although the Matrix might be the most successful cyberpunk, there are thousands more books, movies, websites and videos that deal with the ideas of virtual philosophy.
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