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Beware of the Blue Pill

How The Matrix can help us understand a Covid-affected world better

The colour of the pill you really ought to have (photo by the author)

I spot a Friern Barnet-bound 43 approaching Angel Islington from City Road. On its right side the bus carries an ad for the latest Matrix instalment, The Matrix Resurrections. I’m suddenly seized by a strong…