While there’s no denying our lives have become better in many ways thanks to the internet and smartphones - genuine human interaction has dropped drastically, leaving society at large in an epidemic of loneliness.
Dystopian sci-fi classic ‘The Matrix’ came out 25 years ago, yet Dan Weijers argues its themes are more relevant now than ever before.
Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato.
Skinny Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix. Photo: Roadshow