
Cracking Reality: The Shocking 1977 Speech and Final Days of Philip K. Dick
In September 1977, legendary sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick stepped onto a stage in Metz, France, leaving the audience reeling. In a speech that has entered literary lore, Dick boldly asserted, “We are living in a computer-programmed reality.” Delivered at the Second Metz International Science Fiction Festival, his talk—now known as the “Metz speech”—hinted at […]