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Welcome to the Ersatzenttäuschung: the melancholy of the unreal

Crikey · 12 October 2026 at 10:08 am

Welcome to the Ersatzenttäuschung: the melancholy of the unreal

As Freud mused, the more we are oriented in the world of real things, the less purchase the uncanny has on us.

In the era of AI, we are slipping evermore into the unheimlich.

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