Simon Evans is Staring at the Sun

With growing evidence that we may be living in a computer simulation and a rather glitchy, off-brand one at that, BBC Radio 4 stalwart and veteran stand-up Simon Evans looks to an uncertain future.

With the AI Singularity approaching like a strangely pixelated cumulonimbus on the horizon, he also finds himself looking back to the analogue world of his youth.

A world of hitchhiking, pub bets and hedge porn. A time when you could still get properly lost. A time before everything had a password, an update, or a subscription plan.

He also reflects on the great thinkers and mystics of the past, who seem to have had similar doubts about “reality”, back when an adjustable sandal passed for cutting-edge technology.

NB Any similarity of Doll in package to Patrick Stewart is coincidental. No refunds.

'A masterclass' ★★★★★ The Scotsman
'Outstanding' ★★★★ ½ Chortle.co.uk
'Dynamite' ★★★★ The Times

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