The film Black Swan (2010) is the journey of a dancer seeking perfection. However, this leads her to dance a downward spiral, in which reality becomes increasingly distorted. The concept of reality is ...

We hear it all the time, in the business world, in the political arena, in marriages, anytime there is a disagreement or conflict: “Perception is reality.” This aphorism is often used to justify a ...

Dr. Lyric Mandell of MOXY Company is a media strategist and scholar merging credibility, creativity, and culture to shape communication. We live in a society where AI-generated images of presidents in ...

In The Truman Show (1998), we see a modern parable of simulacra and hyperreality: Truman Burbank lives in a meticulously constructed, artificial reality designed for a TV audience, unaware that his ...

A few years ago I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I’d been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception.

The chance of being a crime victim in the subway is remote. But riders feel far more at risk than they do driving on New York’s streets and highways. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday.