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Rhetorical Analysis Of Healey's 'Dreaming The Virtual'
Healey’s thesis that lucid dreamers should be “steering the ship” of the digital economy is mainly supported through the comparison and contrast of VR and lucid dreaming. Within the first few paragraphs of “Dreaming the Virtual” Healey argues that “civic mindfulness” (par. 6) is becoming more important as we move towards a society that is becoming increasingly dependent upon technology.
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