Kommersant asked people involved in e-sports and virtual reality about which tablet from the Matrix they would choose: red – with the hard truth of reality – or blue – with an ideal life in an illusory world.
Dmitry Smith, President of the Russian Federation of Computer Sports:
Photo: Dmitry Smith Archive
– There is no pill, there is only freedom. Freedom “from” and freedom “for”. Each person makes a choice for himself. He wants to be free from worries, problems and responsibilities, or he wants to be free for new challenges, achievements and actions. The main thing here is not to delay the choice, and then not to regret. I’m not sorry, and I like red more.
Anton Gorodetsky, PLAYER ONE project leader (My.Games):
Photo: My.Games
– I, perhaps, would have chosen a red pill, as a person who made life before the massive spread of the Internet. True, I would not call her painful, rather boring. But I’m afraid we have no choice: technologies are developing so rapidly that we will see real metauniverses during our lifetime. So, apparently, blue.
Dmitry Kirillov, President of VR / AR-company Modum Lab:
Photo: Modum Lab
– You need to be able to choose both one and the other at the right time. Now technology allows it. We may not use them or use them.
If we talk about the film, then there are also many controversial points. There is a theory that the red pill does not give us access to the real world. This is the second matrix to give the illusion of choice to a person.
Ekaterina Filatova, Executive Director of the Association of Augmented and Virtual Reality:
Photo: Association of Augmented and Virtual Reality
– I would choose the red pill. The development of both personality and technology is important for me. I have been working in the tech environment for over seven years, creating and helping companies introduce new technologies. Therefore, I think that it is clearly more interesting to be aware of the processes and reasons for what is happening, to be an active part of the transformations. Even if the ending is matrix shutdown. After all, knowing the processes and technologies, you can try not to disconnect.
Jame Ali, player of the e-sports club Virtus.pro in CS: GO:
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– I have been living in two dimensions for a long time, so before every training session or tournament I drink a blue (pill .— “B”) and connect to the matrix. At the end of the day, you have to leave the virtual world and drink tea with a red pill. Someday I will have to make the final choice, and I am ready to see the truthful reality with all its consequences.
Ivan Branickij, partner of the company – developer of technologies and equipment for virtual reality VRT Group and venture fund for start-up projects GVA fund:
– It doesn’t matter which pill you choose. Because the choice itself can be an illusion. And we learn about it only when the game is over (the game is over. – “B”).
Daniil Rothstein, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Moskovskiye Novosti, media observer:
Photo: Daniil Rothstein’s Archive
– I would not take any pills from the hands of a strange man in dark glasses in a dark room. This is, firstly, a bad idea, and secondly, an obvious manipulation. Anyone who offers “the truth” in exchange for absolute trust is likely not worthy of it.
In the end, the truth can hardly be obtained cooked, by choosing the right pill, gender identity, religion, ideology. It takes a long time, stubbornly and painfully to collect it piece by piece.
Anna Nazarenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pharm-Sintez:
– This choice is very simplistic. Everyone has their own matrix in their heads. The choice of reality does not get rid of illusions. Or the future is always an illusion. But on the eve of the New Year, I would briefly prefer the mental comfort – blue.
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