- Simulation vs Reality - Nonlinear, fragmented time - artificiality of narrative, self-relxivty The Authenticity Trap -- Trying to Be Real Makes You Fake The Control Trap -- More Control Leads to Loss of Control The Anxiety of Infinite Possibility -- More Choices is Fundamentally Entrapment --- time (clocks, sound) direct questioning of reality & truth (how do we know what we think we know, question leads to asnwer lead to question) !important --> research question ---