Few will be interested in this but I'll pass it on anyway: This book of the Bible--unique AFAIK--is written from the perspective of one of the handful of fully conscious people while all the rest are unconscious (NPCs in the current lingo).
To get the correct feeling for what's going on, think of Season 1 of "Westworld" but imagining that Bernard has been put in charge of the park. You'll have to adjust somewhat because Bernard was duped into thinking he was a human when he was actually one of the Hosts. The writer here is aware of the state of affairs.
The other adjustment, of course, is that "Westworld" concerned Hosts and humans, while in this work, the writer and his fellow humans take the place of the Hosts, while the place of the humans in the show are actually... well, that's a longer story.
How would Bernard feel watching the toils and sufferings of his fellows, day after day, in an endless cycle? Would he write something similar?
Few will be interested in this but I'll pass it on anyway: This book of the Bible--unique AFAIK--is written from the perspective of one of the handful of fully conscious people while all the rest are unconscious (NPCs in the current lingo).
To get the correct feeling for what's going on, think of Season 1 of "Westworld" but imagining that Bernard has been put in charge of the park. You'll have to adjust somewhat because Bernard was duped into thinking he was a human when he was actually one of the Hosts. The writer here is aware of the state of affairs.
The other adjustment, of course, is that "Westworld" concerned Hosts and humans, while in this work, the writer and his fellow humans take the place of the Hosts, while the place of the humans in the show are actually... well, that's a longer story.
How would Bernard feel watching the toils and sufferings of his fellows, day after day, in an endless cycle? Would he write something similar?
One of the earliest known recordings of sophist solipsism, contextualized against philosophic purpose.