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Trigger Happy

One of the core promises of media technology is that it will take you to a better place. This escapism can be purely aesthetic – the cinema will enable you to go travelling in the jungle; the smartphone will distract you at the bus stop – or more literal. Hence, in the second sense, the grand dream of a persistent cybercommunity that could replace the real world.

The latest iteration is, of course, Mark

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