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Alternate Reality Gaming, with Jeff Hull

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Religious Impulse Is Inherent Within All of Us

The religious impulse is very strong right now, it feels in society. And people are just down to call pretty much anything or religion or feel like anything is religion right now. So that's why we see these things like QAnon or Nexium coming up. People are pulled in these ways. That's why we're seeing this bizarre tribalism. It also speaks to why these kinds of projects are not very timely at the moment. We already are in a place that we can't trust reality. There's no room to cavalierly suggest an alternative reality that's playful and without consequences. I don't think there's a solid ground for it at the moment because of the degradation of

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