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The Matrix "Red or blue? Which pill would you take, and why?" If Neo takes the blue pill that Morpheus offers him, he will overlook the matrix and go back to his deceptive yet reasonably harmless and predictable existence. If he takes the red pill, on the other hand, he will make out humanity as it really is. The exchange is simple. Secure fantasy or ruthless reality? If I had the prospect between swallowing the red pill or the blue pill, I would most certainly choose the blue pill. I would much rather live my life in ignorance and potential bliss rather than lead an "examined life", as Aristotle once described. Personally, I would be happier without knowing of a harsh reality. The sad, pathetic certainty that I have come to know is that there is no glee in knowledge. The more we know, the more devastated we become. The more we judge,...

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