Question: Is this book really that popular in tech circles? Or only because it i...

vezzy-fnord · on Jan 5, 2014

It was featured in a scene in The Matrix? I didn't even know that.

It's a well-known book in general, particularly famous and revered among STEM circles. It also won a Pulitzer Prize back when it was released.

mindcrime · on Jan 5, 2014

If it was in The Matrix, I missed it. But, OTOH, Baudrillard's Simulaca and Simulation was definitely featured in The Matrix, FWIW.

res0nat0r · on Jan 5, 2014

Ah crap. Thats what was in the movie, I retract my previous comment. It's been a while and I knew it was some book on the table when Neo was sleeping on his desk. :D

polarix · on Jan 5, 2014

Simulacra and Simulation was actually his fake book on the bookshelf: http://thelatestreviewer.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/simulac...