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The World as a Haunted House
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The article reflects on haunted houses, contrasting traditional scare tactics with experiences that exploit personal fear. It discusses Dries Verhoeven’s Phobiarama and Oscar Peters’ The Barbarian in Schiedam, noting how the latter uses light to provoke wonder rather than terror. The author draws parallels to the film The Square and concludes by comparing the current global climate to a haunted house run by AI figures like Elon Musk and Sam Altman, urging readers to turn on the lights and examine their fears.
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