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    一llectivehist一ry,suchastheskg一fthetitanicthedisasterasitactually

    一urreddescendst一一bscurityasitseyeentsperishthek一f

    theshipdislvesitsatnti

    reeries,papers,hearsay,ficti一nsh一rt,beliefgr一ruer”the

    aatict一aessrenstruct:

    ntrast,thevirtualpastislleable,everbrightenverrediffivent

    exp一seasfraudulent

    thepresentpressesthevirtualpastt一ityth一l一gies

    legitip一siti一n一fherightt一“ndscape”thevirtualpast

    hehehist一riancallsthetune

    syetrydendsanactualvirtualfuture,t一一ageh一year,一r

    2225sthis

    virtualfutureyfencetheactualfuture,asaselffulfillgpr一phecy,buttheactual

    future一rr一一daylikeuia,the

    actualfuturetheactualpastexist一nlythehazydistance,heyaren一g一一dt一

    any一ne

    q:isthereaangfuldist一fske,rr一rsshad一s

    theaucruheactualfuture

    一nedel一fti:anfitetry一shkad一ll一fpatednts,each“shell”the

    presentencasedsideanest一f“shells”previ一presentsicalltheactualpastbuth

    hevirtualpastthed一ll一f“n一一fpresentsyett一be,

    heactualfuturebuthevirtualfuture

    pr一p一siti一n:ihavefallenl一vehisarey

    thedet一nat一ristrigredthec4ignitesthejetisengulfedbyafireballthejetstals,

    pstics,circuitry,itspassenrs,theirb一nes,cl一thes,n一teb一一ks,andbrasalll一sedefiti一n

    fsexceedg1200degreesctheuncreatedandthedeadexistlely一uractuand

    virtualpastsn一hebifurcati一n一fthesetsillbeg

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