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What’s wrong with fakes, anyway?

10 Oct 2025  

LISTEN (about ten minutes): Artificial. Simulated. Copied. Ersatz. Imitation. False. Faux. Counterfeit. Knock-off. Synthetic. Sham. Illusory. Pseudo. Dummy. “As if.” Fake. We have many ways to describe a thing that is not what it seems to be. I’ve long been fascinated by our collective fascination with the artificial. At one point, I was able to […]