David Pacheco
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I watched "Ant-Man: Quantumania" today, and found it to be a profound--one might even say "brave"--exploration about the nature of real identity: how we can speak of it in the reality of an infinity of multiple universes with infinite versions of our own selves? (1/n)
10:59 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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David Pacheco
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In response to David Pacheco.
What even constitutes a "self" in that backdrop of existence?

It also touches, quite subtly, on how the choices we make on a daily basis, both big and infinitesimally small (quantum!), lead us inexorably towards the person we must inevitably become. (2/n)
11:00 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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David Pacheco
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In response to David Pacheco.
We are the sum of our history, the gross total of our daily existence, piled day upon day like so much felled and rotted lumber, and it is only in the dusty ashes of the ideals we once held as naifs that we can forge our true selves: honest, naked.

Unafraid.

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11:00 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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David Pacheco
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In response to David Pacheco.
This movie is not for the faint of heart, those who cannot withstand a deep, unflinching look into the mirror. It is a raw, in-depth, hands-on, living autopsy on what it means to truly be a fully-lived human.
11:01 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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David Pacheco
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Do not miss it. But also, as you watch do not turn away from the scenes that bring you existential discomfort (and there are many). Recognition of our own reflection, writ large upon the screen, is difficult, but both necessary and transformative.
In response to David Pacheco.
11:01 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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In response to David Pacheco.
The self is, indeed, that which looks back when we cast an unbroken gaze upon our own mortality. We are but ants, playthings to the Gods.

"Ant-Man: Quantumania", now showing in theaters.

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11:02 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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