Reddit mentions of TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information

I've been invoked here. Thanks @MontyAtWork.

I actually can't argue with you here that often Simulation Theory is a fun exercise that takes eschatological and gnostic motifs and runs with them via computer metaphors. I actually think this is a really interesting point of study: many technologists are obsessed with rather religious sounding ideas. Simulation Theory is a pretty intriguing way of thinking about our reality and how it works, similar to how the steam engine was once used to talk about the human mind. The technological imagination of modern culture is isomorphic to various theologies and there have been plenty of academic books in the humanities discussing this subject.

So while we could dismiss it as "bad theology," it's also intriguing from an anthropological and cultural studies perspective.

Whether or not these are true? Well, again, I suggest that the religious motifs themselves are more important than the particular metaphors used (holograms, computers, simulations, etc).

There's a good essay about it here from a friend who is a stronger advocate of the theory than myself: "Why it Matters That You Realize You're in a Computer Simulation"

And for a good, non-academic book that's also a cult-classic discussing modern gnostics and techno culture, check out TechGnosis by Erik Davis.

Edit: words.