Simulacrum – a pseudoreality replacing an absent reality; a combination of the real and the imagined.
I’ve read half of the book “The Absent Father and His Impact on the Daughter” by Susan E. Schwartz. What I liked is that the absence of a father is not compensated for by a mother who works for two, but remains a black hole – unknown, yet necessary for the child as a model for finding a partner in adult life.
I also came across a term in philosophy – Simulacrum. So it seems to me that this black hole in place of a father for the child is essentially a simulacrum.
P.S. I also read that cryptocurrencies can be described as a simulacrum, with their value determined by the spectacle and by overcompensation in games – victories users achieve without any real-life accomplishments.
