Original title was: “Nonexistence Seems Preferable”: Post-Truth, Feed Identity, and the NPC Afterlife in Neal Stephenson’s “Fall; or, Dodge in Hell”
Unfortunately the character limit forced the current title. My apologies.
Article is a bit spoiler heavy, if you plan on reading the book (which you might wanna do, it was for me one of the best by Stephenson) please skip the article.