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Robot Virtual Insanity

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Feb 10, 2026
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Jamiroquai’s 1996 album “Virtual Insanity” includes a song of the same name, even back then, almost 30 years ago, spoke of alienation caused by technology. In 2000, Savage Garden’s song “Crush and Burn” uses the metaphor of seeing through glass to discuss growing loneliness resulting from isolation caused by screens and the illusions they generate—a phe…

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