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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Hall of Mirrors

or, The World Is a Hypertext

In ancient times the scribe
produced holy texts through which
you encountered the sacred
 
Today, the coder
makes hypertexts through which
you access other hypertexts

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Fitting in Is Now as Easy as Forgetting Who You Are

You can’t put a square peg in a round hole but you can put a JPEG in a memory hole
Faith Is a Body of Knowledge That Knows No Limits

Materialism’s biggest assumption Is that death has the last word Which is why In their fear of death Materialists never let anyone else…
When Did People Get So Small?

We’re told the space between galaxies is expanding but mightn’t the space within galaxies
Your Persona Is the Shell, Your Desire Is the Turtle; Is the Shell Your Shield or Your Cage?

Author your own story By questioning your own authority In order to find out What you are trying to control And if, like me
I Used to Love Talking About the Weather Because It Was the One Thing for Which There Was No One to Blame

It never snows anymore in Baltimore but it did before you left open the refrigerator doo…
To Be on the Safe Side, Be on the Safe Side

I’m not scared of the explicit danger I’m afraid of the implicit threats
Heck Yeah

The most hellish aspect of hell is how some of the people there don’t mind it at all
We Used to Protect Our Sources; Now We Protect Ourselves

In the analog it was enough to consider the source Now, in the digital you must consider the source code:
The Great and Terrible Cause

I believe in the great man theory of history because the good man theory of history is so obviously false
Eventually, Cyborgs Will Live Forever, but We Can Send Our Condolences Now

Of what value Would be my love If I could not Give my life for it Our (patent) pending immortality,…
A Period of Rabid Decline

Those who were once just foaming at the mouth have been rebooted by social media… fomenting at the mouth
“So what’s the scenario?”

The worst-case scenario comes true when enough people believe it’s the best case scenario
God Knows, If We Ever Find Meaning on the Road We’ll Surely Kill It, so, God Made the Meaning of Life Our Search for Meaning

Language shouldn’t work A word, all words Are defined by other words Defined by still further words And on and on
God Grades on the Nerve

People think that their report car… will be graded Pass/Fail but since God has a mysterious rep… He gives two grades in every subje… You get an A for effort
The Storage Bins of Totalitarianism, AKA the Internet

Totalitarianism then: Nazis and the like Hunted and killed Jews Totalitarianism now: Those hunting likes



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