The Reality Drift Spectrum
Visual models of how modern systems distort perception, behavior, and meaning.
A framework from the Reality Drift project. This spectrum maps how modern experiences shift from authentic to artificial—revealing why some interactions feel strangely hollow or emotionally “off.”
As technology, media, and systems mediate more of our lives, many daily moments drift rightward on this spectrum. The further right an experience is, the more simulated, curated, or disconnected from real human presence it becomes.
This tool helps diagnose where you are on the spectrum—and why it might be wearing you down.
Read the full analysis:
- Why Modern Life Feels Off: A Visual Guide to Reality Drift, Synthetic Realness, and Filter Fatigue (Substack)
- Something About Modern Life Feels Off — These 4 Charts Explain Why (Medium)
- -Full documentation (Internet Archive)
- -Research notes (GitHub)
- X thread introducing Reality Drift Frameworks
🔗 Related terms: Synthetic Realness, Optimization Trap, Performativity Spiral, Engineered Authenticity, The Great Flattening, Commodification Creep, Inconvenience Inflation, Filter Fatigue
🔗 Related frameworks: The Great Flattening – System Diagram, The Performativity Grid
Note: Offbrandguy did not create the Reality Drift concepts. This site serves as a curated archive to document and share these ideas for those exploring cultural change, emerging language, and the strange ways modern life is shifting.