Lord Huron - Not Dead Yet / Digital Copies / NIN: A Copy of a Copy

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b0Pt-k1hGo

Lord Huron really knows how to work the retro vibe in some of their videos. The cool thing is, that it's done with only a small amount of digital special effects. 

Digital ghosts. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkred/comments/jwhb6k/digital_ghosts/

https://medium.com/swlh/growing-up-online-digital-ghosts-105113dc51a3 

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VirtualGhost 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(1995_film)#Plot

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A living person vs a digital entity.

From analogue twins to digital doubles.

How Hollywood Twins Scenes Have Evolved Over 100 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEbHATMvgik , https://www.youtube.com/@Insider/videos  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_(2019_film)#Plot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-doppelgngers-fool-advanced-antifraud-tech

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/bp2043/digital_doppelg%C3%A4ngers_fool_advanced_antifraud/ 

How To Live With Your Digital Doppelgängers https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-live-with-your-digital-doppelgangers Digital Doppelgängers may share your name, but you can still claim your own digital identity. 

https://aiforum.org.nz/2019/03/15/digital-doppelgangers-now-a-reality/ 

https://securelist.com/digital-doppelgangers/90378/ 

The Digital_Twin 

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin

https://www.ibm.com/think/news/ai-simulations-stanford-research 

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-digital-twin-technology  

Nine Inch Nails - Copy of a ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA281OuU3rk , https://www.youtube.com/@NIN/videos

Stunt doubles vs digital doppelgangers

 https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonOfInterest/comments/1uaicot/they_and_their_stunt_doubles/ 

https://www.quora.com/Do-stunt-doubles-look-exactly-like-the-actor-that-they-are-playing 

https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/what-actors-need-to-know-about-digital-stunt-doubles-70314/ 

https://www.synthcog.blog/p/ai-and-the-rise-of-digital-doppelgangers

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lby3m0/eli5_the_difference_between_analog_and_digital/ 

https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/digital-doppelgangers-and-ai-personas/ 

https://mindfulspark.org/2025/09/03/the-digital-doppelganger-the-psychology-of-ai-models-that-mimic-us/

https://theconversation.com/digital-doppelgangers-are-helping-scientists-tackle-everyday-problems-and-showing-what-makes-us-human-247574 

https://eventtechlive.com/how-digital-doppelgangers-reshape-live-events-colja-dams-of-vok-dams-on-simulating-the-audience-before-the-event-happens/ 

https://texaslawreview.org/digital-replicas-harm-caused-by-actors-digital-twins-and-hope-provided-by-the-right-of-publicity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_(occupation)

https://image-engine.com/insight/the-secrets-of-creating-real-looking-cg-digital-doubles/ 

https://www.mimicproductions.com/post/digital-doubles-in-hollywood-the-future-of-acting 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death 

https://www.unrealengine.com/digital-twins 

https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-digital-twin

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-024-01073-0 

https://unity.com/topics/digital-twin-definition

New digital ID will be mandatory to work in the UK

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn832y43ql5o 

Perhaps some day, there will be one card or a digital tattoo to unite them all.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/digital-id-cards-uk-process-implications-b1249798.html

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-digital-id-scheme-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/27/petition-opposing-starmer-plan-digital-id-cards 

If ever an invisible tattoo option for the UK+Digital+ID is offered, that would be way over the top. It might as well be called the Black_Mirror tattoo. 

https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no2digitalid/

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-id-scheme-explainer/digital-id-scheme-explainer 

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/digital-id-cards 

https://the3million.org.uk/news/2025-09-29/digital-id-cards-learning-failures-current-digital-only-evisa-immigration-system

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-identity 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=UK+Digital+ID

What is the plan for digital IDs and will they be mandatory in the UK?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyl3lzzed2o  

In some ways the UK+Digital+ID makes sense, but there are several concerns and implications.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-cards-starmer-tony-blair-b2834167.html

From the National_Insurance_Numbercards back in the day, to the new Digital ID.

 https://reason.com/2025/09/29/first-the-u-k-next-the-u-s-britains-digital-id-plan-should-scare-americans 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/29/why-is-the-uk-introducing-digital-ids-and-why-are-they-so-controversial 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/26/keir-starmers-plan-for-digital-ids-risks-creating-an-enormous-hacking-target 

https://news.sky.com/story/the-countries-where-digital-id-already-exists-13441075

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/26/why-does-the-uk-need-digital-ids-and-what-data-will-they-include 

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/keir-starmer-announces-digital-id-plan 

https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2025/09/29/uk-plans-mandatory-digital-id-driving-demand-for-no-kyc-crypto-wallets/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=UK+Digital+ID

Film vs. Digital

 https://thedarkroom.com/film-vs-digital-comparison/

Since there are various versions of movies, film based versions should still be preserved.

https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/celluloid-vs-digital-where-are-we-now-checking-in-with-side-by-side-docs-chris-kenneally/

https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/6/21125680/film-vs-digital-debate-movies-cinematography

Why We Still Love Film: Analog Photography in the Digital Age | NBC Left Field https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotUW5WcOh8

https://indiefilmhustle.com/film-vs-digital/

https://www.vox.com/2016/1/5/10714588/film-digital-35mm-70mm-explainer

https://stephenfollows.com/film-vs-digital/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cinematography

Why Do Your Favorite Films Look Different? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZHj4WLieo

Comparison between Kodak Vision 3 250D film, Red One MX Digital Camera with and without FilmConvert Software applied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVAv0Xx6Un8

David Lynch - On shooting in digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej9JZsVmrGo

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=digital

The Aberfan Disaster: Premonitions and the Aftermath

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2rj0k6dkgo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-10764455/After-Aberfan-disaster-foreseen-people-premonitions-two-men-investigate.html

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-premonitions-bureau

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters

Officially, we are told that this world can't be part of an interactive cosmic recording of time and space. Too many people would start to ask too many questions. Thus, the perception of reality is heavily compartmentalized through various belief structures & sciences. Yet, more people are starting to question the various perspectives.

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/matrix/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20premise%20for%20The%20Matrix,simulacra%20world%20of%20The%20Matrix

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The simulation hypothesis is a contemporary theory about the nature of reality. However, the concept goes much further back into history. 

400 years before the first MATRIX movie, William Shakespeare wrote this...

"All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts..." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56966/speech-all-the-worlds-a-stage

Benedict Cumberbatch - All The World's A Stage - The Seven Ages Of Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0178jo7Mka0

Like a stage within a cosmic-matrix theater, people sometimes have glympses or visions of future events.

https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.time.aberfan.html

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/life-examined/sam-knight-premonitions-bureau-aberfan-john-barker-esp-future

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4yxj6Y743Z6F32k5GC2txv8/six-eerie-predictions-from-the-premonitions-bureau

Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The Simulation Hypothesis Explained by Nick Bostrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvnIXeAz1mk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_World's_a_Stage_(album)

The band RUSH has had some peculiar insight with some of their songs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart#Lyricism One song in particular was as if NP was writing about Neo no longer being a digital man trapped in the Matrix.

Rush - Digital Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsRBIId14U

https://www.rush.com/songs/digital-man (1982)

His world is under observation
We monitor his station 
Under faces and the places
Where he traces points of view

He picks up scraps of conversation
Radio and radiation
From the dancers and romancers 
With the answers, but no clue

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

His world is under anesthetic
Subdivided and synthetic
His reliance on the GIANTS 
In the science of the day

He picks up scraps of information 
He's adept at adaptation
'Cause for strangers and arrangers
Constant change is here to stay

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan 
He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan 
He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan 
He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan
He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward
For as long as he can 

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart

Digital Man lyrics © Ole Core Music Publishing, Anthem Core Music Publishing

https://genius.com/Rush-digital-man-lyrics

The Black Sedan. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-digital-matrix-car-has-modernized-1965-lincoln-continental-vibes-all-over-it-178350.html

A closer look at the+simulation theory of PKD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThOlVS5MU8

There might be a quick and subtle reference to the likeness of PKD in the 4th Matrix movie. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220301-philip-k-dick-the-writer-who-witnessed-the-future 

"In Neuromancer, Gibson first used the term "matrix" to refer to the visualized Internet, two years after the nascent modern Internet was formed in the early 1980s from the computer networks of the 1970s." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience

https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php

Of course WG has his various observations and perspective of things. https://williamgibsonbooks.com

Why You're Probably Not a Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5YuwvJkpQ However, there is still something very peculiar going on, nevertheless.  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=On+the+Threshold+of+a+Dream

Cash versus digital payment systems

 https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/cash-vs-digital-payments

There is a lot of convenience, but its not convenient if you are locked out of the system.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/digital-development/cash-vs-digital-how-do-digital-government-person-payments-ease-lives-recipients

Digital certainly makes sense for big transactions.

https://www.clearlypayments.com/blog/global-shift-from-cash-checks-to-digital-payments/

However, on a person to person or human level, cash isn't just nostalgic, its essential.

https://www.bis.org/statistics/payment_stats/commentary2301.htm

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/articles/2024/html/ecb.ebart202402_02~d821c613a7.en.html

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15255-cash-free-society.html

https://www.bajajfinserv.in/digital-payment-vs-cash-payment

Digital Twin Models of people and other things

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/understanding-oci-iot-digital-twin-models

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_twin#Types 

https://www.autodesk.com/design-make/articles/what-is-a-digital-twin 

https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/digital-twin.html

https://www.trimble.com/en/blog/construction/article/what-are-digital-twins 

What is a Digital Twin? Technology, Types, & How it Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSbwarjGGw 

https://www.dw.com/en/ai-doppelganger-cool-or-creepy/video-69593446

Inside China's growing digital twin workforce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHOrhX0hQI 

 When movies "borrow" footage from other movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKAsnIaDNU 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/nobody-s-dead-anymore-br-marketing-deceased-celebrities-1.2801803

https://www.npr.org/2005/08/29/4822573/an-agent-for-dead-celebrities

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDeadRiseToAdvertise 

https://thecathoderaychoob.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/a-word-from-our-sponsors-steve-mcqueen-drives-a-puma/

California Preps for Digital ID Rollout

 https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2023/06/state-preps-digital-id-rollout/387534/

Digital ID systems are the logical and practical way to constantly track and locate almost anything.

https://www.govtech.com/fs/california-moves-to-test-new-digital-drivers-licenses

https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/digital-drivers-licenses

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/transportation/2023/05/05/electronic-driver-registration-cards--digital-license-plate-frames-could-be-coming-to-ca

https://cdt.ca.gov/digitalid/

Eventually, as more data is gathered and linked to each person, a world Social Obedience Score (SOS) can be determined. Such a score would be determined by AI, of course. Unfortunately, most of humanity might not realize that at a certain point its sovereignty was given over to AI or Digital Intelligence.

The MATRIX Timeline Explained

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik4fuIY2-Yc   

The Mind-Bending Nightmare of THE MATRIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK0JtvYg5-s A better documentary.

Finally Figured Out THE MATRIX? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMWFruxxt_o Still a little better. 

The Matrix Was a Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04ErVTSRNI Certainly one of the best documentaries on the subject.  

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https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/features/twin-to-win-the-rise-of-digital-doppelgangers 

https://www.akadrewdavis.com/topics/artificial-influence

https://datasociety.net/research-library/doppelgangers-in-a-digital-world-from-deep-fakes-and-avatars-to-big-data-we-all-have-a-doppelganger-that-lives-and-acts-online/

https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/digital-doppelgangers-and-ai-personas/

https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/issues/work/digital-doppelgangers.html

https://theconversation.com/digital-doppelgangers-are-helping-scientists-tackle-everyday-problems-and-showing-what-makes-us-human-247574 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39540593/ 

https://interfacing.com/digital-doppelganger  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Digital+Doppelgangers

Digital ID will go mainstream across Australia in 2024

https://theconversation.com/digital-id-will-go-mainstream-across-australia-in-2024-heres-how-it-can-work-for-everyone-219406

Eventually, a person can opt for the tattoo version.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202312/australia-to-rebrand-mygovid-following-audit-recommendation

Some might opt for an implanted version. If its good enough for pets and livestock, then whynot for people? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(animal)#Australia

https://jmi.org.au/news/facial-verification-tech-in-nsw-digital-identity-new-report-unveils-path-to-enhanced-governance-and-training/

What if the so called human herd isn't comfortable becoming tracked like livestock? There will be more global pressure to get everyone to conform.

 https://www.digitalidentity.gov.au/digital-id-bill

Unfortunately, Australia is part of the world zoo, farm and laboratory.

https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/eight-countries-set-out-principles-for-the-future-of-digital-id/

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2019/08/14/inclusive-and-trusted-digital-id-can-unlock-opportunities-for-the-worlds-most-vulnerable While there seems to be some great benifits and convienences on the surface, it also fits right into a global technocracy control system. In deed, if technological totalitarianism is gradually phased in, many people are more likely to accept it.

https://www.rand.org/about/nextgen/art-plus-data/giorgia-lupi/internet-of-bodies-our-connected-future.html

https://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2020/10/29/what-is-the-internet-of-bodies.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/12/06/what-is-the-internet-of-bodies-and-how-is-it-changing-our-world Whos world? It's already a corporate and NGO run planet. Eventually to become an AI run world.

The world will gradually become like an interconnected series of Black_Mirror episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Mirror_episodes#Series_6_(2023)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)#Criticisms_and_concerns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)#Risk_to_human_freedom_and_autonomy

ABBA goes TRON?

Sort of...

https://www.clashmusic.com/features/is-abba-voyage-crossing-a-worrying-line 

ABBA has been around since the 1970s with a high level of enduring popularity through the decades.

This could be quite an interesting digital entertainment production. https://abbavoyage.com 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Legacy#Sound_and_visual_effects , 

https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/17/22179890/tron-legacy-deaging-effect-disney

It worked in TRON: L so why not for ABBA?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA_Voyage  ::

It sure does seem like they are going for a partial TRON: Legacy look in their digital concert.

https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/abba-voyage-future-live-music-digital-novelty-act-rolling-stones-elton-john-1189525 

https://www.techradar.com/news/bjorn-again-is-the-abba-voyage-digital-concert-tech-the-future-of-live-music 

https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/abba-getting-its-own-temporary-timber-stadium-in-london-for-voyage-comeback 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/abba-fans-react-to-rush-for-voyage-tour-tickets-robo-abba-here-we-go-3039285 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/abba-break-record-with-over-80000-album-pre-orders-in-the-uk-3039812 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/abba-voyage-tour-digital-b1913659.html 

https://eurovision.tv/story/welcome-back-abba

https://abbasite.com 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ABBA 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=music 

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Digital ID wallet integration

 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202405/choose-strategy-for-digital-id-wallet-integration-governance-frameworks-carefully

The Digital+ID+wallet has many advantages, but there are also some serious concerns.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202405/move-over-armani-italys-it-wallet-is-the-digital-id-accessory-of-the-season

https://neontri.com/will-digital-id-wallets-replace-traditional-identification-documents/

https://cloudentity.com/developers/basics/identity/id-wallets/

Books, Movies and TV...

 https://medium.com/@Jamiesgt/blu-rays-and-their-special-features-769f78bbf66f 

Although this article is from 2019, its just as important as ever. Of course digital streaming and e-books are quick and convenient, its still good to have a tactile copy of some things. So while a digital library is great, having a hard copy of something is still very important. Especially in the era of Cancel+Culture.

There is always the potential for public access data to be sent down the Memory_hole. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole#Origins

"Fahrenheit 451 is a computer strategy game released in 1984 based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(video_game)

"The captain lectures him about the books and pulls a last book from Montag's coat, for which Montag kills him with the flamethrower. He escapes and finds the book people, where he views his "capture" on television, staged to keep the masses entertained and because the government doesn't want it to be known that he is alive. Montag selects a book to memorise, Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, and becomes one of the book people." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(1966_film)#Plot

As long as there are free thinking people, various books and information can be remembered. This is still a good idea in this digital age because the memory+hole is always waiting to destroy more information.

So while Ebooks and digital archives can be great in general, there is always the potential for some items to become digital kindling.

https://www.anyrecover.com/deleted-files-recovery-data/recover-deleted-books-from-kindle

A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz touches upon the theme of a global war and massive loss of life and information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz#Recurrence_and_cyclical_history , https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/science-fiction-classic-still-smolders

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-free-books-for-kindle

https://digitalbooktoday.com/free-kindle-books-amazon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook#Archival_storage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Collection_of_user_reading_data

Data-mining and mass-marketing is the name of the game. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2019/08/tvs-tech-and-marketing.html

Historical Figures Reimagined as Modern People Living Today

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piqkD7FvakQ

The technology exists to make digital approximations of various historical people. Of course even contemporary people can be digitally duplicated.

https://medium.com/@techtopiaa/the-digital-doppelganger-a-journey-into-the-world-of-digital-twins-9420f4a9853e

https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/issues/work/digital-doppelgangers.html

https://medium.com/tag/digital-twin

Tron: 1982 and 2010 Legacy, etc.

TRON: Legacy 3D-Blu-ray , http://tron-legacy.movie-trailer.com , http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1339119/The-real-Tron-Lightcycle-hit-120mph-costs-55-000.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TRON_Legacy_Light_Cycle.JPG , http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3822028288/tt1104001 , http://tron-legacy.movie-trailer.com/2009/07/tron-2-lightcycle.html - Tron:_Legacy#Development & Tron:_Evolution#Plot

Tron & the origins of the story. Rogerebert.suntimes.com/REVIEWS of the plot.

http://disney.go.com/tron, http://www.tron-sector.com ,

http://tron-legacy.movie-trailer.com/2008/12/tron-20-movie-bruce-boxleitner-back-as.html , Tron:_Legacy#Development ,

Rogerebert.suntimes.com , Tron:_Legacy#Graphic_novel & links - http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/12/tron-guy-reviews-tron-legacy , http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/12/critical-mass-tron-legacy.html , http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/12/16/tron-legacy-review.html , http://io9.com/5714411/tron-legacy-is-a-colossal-failure-of-movie+making , http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=6011 , http://www.sify.com/news/tron-legacy-leaves-you-spell-bound-ians-film-review-rating-1-2-news-national-kmso4eieddg.html

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http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Identity_Disc ,

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/12/14/tron-legacy-identity-discs-explained-no-theyre-not-just-frisbees ,

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=identity+disc+in+the+tron+2010+movie

Tron is basically another version of the Humans vs A.I. theme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_consciousness#Testing_for_artificial_consciousness

In the TRON movies, the consciousness of the protagonist is transferred or downloaded into a digital body. In Avatar, a genetically engineered body is grown for the user to temporarily link to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3
Eventually a person will be able to link to their digital avatar and enter something like SimCity for an hour or so. If you are in the game for a day or 2, you might get thirsty & hungry & certainly will have to go to the bathroom. A lot of people can regularly sleep for 7-9 hours & not have to go to the bathroom. So there could be a form of digital dreaming. The movie, Vanilla_Sky depicts a very advanced version of a digital dream program, where elements of the real world are integrated into the experience program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory#Many-player_and_population_games ,
http://www.gametheory.net, http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/econ-159

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation#Computer_science ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_simulation#Types ,
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/whatis.htm

http://www.realitysandwich.com/what_are_akashic_records ,
The concept of the akashic_records has been around since ancient times.
http://www.crystalinks.com/akashicrecords.html,
http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/spiritualGrowth.aspx?id=2078
TUS is a fascinating book & website that explores the nature of reality.
http://www.theuniversesolved.com , http://urlm.co/www.theuniversesolved.com 

People will continue to gather & store as much data as possible, on everyone & everything within reach.
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/12/03/wsj-google-has-bought-111-8th-avenue

The Earth Simulator will eventually become a super-program matrix. http://www.top500.org/system/167148
The various religions & belief systems of the world already imply that this world & universe is some kind of an interactive construct of space & time.
http://www.futurict.eu/the-project

A global resource & population management system might eventually become general public knowledge.
http://www.breathingearth.net
For now, most people remain unaware of such a global control program. At a certain point someone or something might determine that there are too many people on a limited planet. An advanced A.I. system might eventually see humanity as a herd that needs to be reduced or eliminated. The Matrix provides depictions of runaway A.I. technology.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/seo/the-matrix-4-and-the-matrix-5-are-on-the-way

Bill_Joy wrote a cautionary article in the year 2000 about the possibility of runaway A.I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_Future_Doesn't_Need_Us ,
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/terminator-judgement-day-cameron

616 & 666, etc. can be a common theme in various Sci-Fi stories. However for some, this isn't just Sci-Fi entertainment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast#616
1,911-6-16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM#History
 6-16-1977 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation#Overall_timeline

The cover of this book shows, 666/66/666 from a company that started up on 6-16 in the year 1,911. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
Tools & technology have been used throughout history to capture & kill people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust#Company_response
Obviously, most people hope that nothing on the scale of WW2 ever happens again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II#Germany

As technology progresses, digital transactions to buy & sell things becomes more commonplace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Payments#Competition
People are already tracked in so many ways.
http://www.av1611.org/666/whatis.html, http://biblehub.com/revelation/13-17.htm

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-13-17
Its important that people study various religions & philosophies to gain a wider perspective of things.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/world.htm
Many people are atheist or agnostic, but still might be curious about various patterns that supercomputers can reveal about symbolism, coincidence & synchronicity. Especially if this world might be part of an interactive cosmic recording and projection of space-time.

Unless A.I. has specific instructions not to harm humans, there could be trouble. If A.I. can't understand why its OK to kill some people, but not others, it might not see any reason for people to exist in general.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2011/03/logic-named-joe.html

Battlestar_Galactica is another cautionary story about intelligent machines that no longer seeing any value in the existence of humans. Thus, the A.I. units eventually want to destroy most people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)#Plot
People die in car crashes all the time, perhaps some day with A.I., there might be less crashes. Technology has always been a double sided issue.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

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Practical Digital Sovereignty

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/aws-maps-out-practical-digital-sovereignty-as-global-debate-intensifies

https://www.sap.com/resources/what-is-digital-sovereignty

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/practical-digital-sovereignty-navigating-the-pillars-of-compliance-continuity-and-control/ 

People might eventually become like lab mice in a maze. Then, what if a lab or corporation considers you as their property. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

Central banks launch digital currency test

 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240404_25

https://www.coindesk.com/search?s=Digital%20Yen

https://www.coindesk.com/tag/digital-yuan

https://www.axios.com/economy/federal-reserve

https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-fiscal-collapse-accelerates

https://dollarcollapse.com

It's all just a bunch of ones and zeros.

Unfortunately, as money becomes more & more digital, most people still have to physically work, just to earn a basic living in a physical world. Indeed, one can only link to a metaverse environment for a limited amount of time.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/03/streaming-tv-movies-costs-gen-z-millennials-boomers

People are making 'digital clones' of themselves that attend Zoom meetings and answer emails...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13297493/People-digital-clones-jobs-clones.html

Digital clones and digital surrogates, Deep Fakes and other imposters...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13244215/Rise-AI-agents-synthetic-employees-going-affect-office-worker-2030-according-man-developing-ChatGPT-creator-Sam-Altman.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13303075/Bill-Gates-reveals-3-jobs-immune-AI-takeover.html?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=deep-fakes

the digital intersection

The Digital_Revolution , https://fusionanomaly.net/digital.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Revolution#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Revolution-present:_Web_2.0,_social_media,_smartphones,_digital_TV

VR & AR

https://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html

The Digital Nursery concept in 1950, AKA, The_Veldt_(short_story) The kids don't just have a sandbox to play in, they could build sandcastles on a VR beach, or watch 3D animals on the Veldt in a dangerous simulation. 

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/120555

https://interestingliterature.com/2022/06/ray-bradbury-the-veldt-summary-analysis

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-veldt/themes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIKOQK18kvo

A smart-home with something like its own Holodeck. 

Hidden Tech of the Holodeck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dafUcwyC6vM

Is the Holodeck Actually More Trouble Than It's Worth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppv4Art5mck

Are Star Trek's Holodecks Impossible Tech? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pte541hP6I

Towards the Star Trek Holodeck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjwQIf7iqo

Top 5 Evidence That We're Living In A Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUXosWbFHcs

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=digital