The Matrix

The film “The Matrix” answers and explains many questions of the futute, reality, and man vs machine. In the Matrix people do not have any individuality, they all generally look the same and act the same. Things like sexuality and race do not exist becaue it is not programmed into them to exist. In a world like a computer where you could just upload any information you wanted the poor and weak qualities could be done away with entirely.

Mainly, “The Matrix: tries to evaluate a futuristic world where humans are computers who can gain information with the push of a button. It is realistic because humans constantly are depending on computers for their everyday tasks. Additionally I feel that the situation it displays is real since humans have too many weaknesses. A computer you can upload information to, download information to, skip from program to program, is just easier. Things like emotion and stress could be eliminated because you could choose to not upload individuals with this info.

Another reason why the human mind should be computerized is so that every individual could have a personality and be successful. By programming humans you could give everyone specifically a career. There would be less competition and ultimately more predictability so you could apply a specific number of people to each profession. No one would dislike his or her job because everyone would be programmed without any type of weakness. The only weakness the individuals are confronted with is the virus’ infecting their system.

However they have a system for this too. An electric wave that eliminates all viruses within a certain area is used. When a human gets a virus they may get sick for a week, or a month, some live and some die but there is no way to upload a solution to the viruses. Our immune system is our defense against viruses, and since there is always human error naturally our immune system will have its errors. A world where you could solve any problem by writing a code to a program and entering into your body, is a much easier world with much less problems.

The film “The Matrix” explains a lot but it does not explain my main question. Are we in the Matrix? If you have never experienced something else you are the same as Truman deciding whether to go off the set of The Truman Show or Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Ultimately we don’t know what the definition of reality or anything for that matter really is. Sometimes I feel like I am in the Matrix, I just go through this schedule day after like a robot. And if I feel like a robot I look at my parents who are more formatted than me. It is almost as if we are already in the Matrix, and have already been programmed into this world I have never thought about before this movie. All I want to know is if I have lived in the Matrix for 18 years, what is on the other side?