25 July

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, like the Odyssey, tells the story of our lives today. Puck’s magic causes the unleashing of uncontrolled desire, as each falls in love with the first person they see. This uncontrolled imitative desire leads to rivalry and chaos. The players desire what others desire, the affection isn’t based on the people but rather on possession. The story resolves by the return from the enchanted forest, escape from the enchanted reflected moonlight and into the brighter light of day, and the restoration of hierarchy and control of desires. The enchanted forest is social media. Puck is the algorithms.