How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later

In this prophetic 1978 essay, legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick explores the nature of reality, the power of media, and the authenticity of human experience, offering startling insights that resonate eerily with our modern world. Against the surreal backdrop of Disneyland in 1978, visionary science fiction author Philip K. Dick delivers a mind-bending lecture on the fragile nature of reality, the power of fiction, and the quest for authentic human experience in an increasingly mediated world. Beside most aspects that define our modernity—AI, social media, increasingly sophisticated propaganda—can be heard the voice of Philip K. Dick, exclaiming with both amusement and concern: "I told you so." Lauded by the critic and theorist Fredric Jameson as "the Shakespeare of science fiction", Dick now stands as the best known science fiction writer of the 20th century. Dick's worlds and characters have filled our screens and dictated our imaginings of both future and present: his