The philosophical and sociological position that much of what we experience as objective reality is, in fact, built and maintained through social agreement, language, and shared practices. This doesn't deny physical reality (gravity is real), but argues that the meaning and categories we layer onto it—money, borders, gender roles, justice—are human constructions. These constructions feel real because we all participate in them, but they can and do change across time and cultures. Reality, in this view, is a co-created performance.
Example: "The meeting was a masterclass in the Theory of Constructed Reality. The 'crisis' existed only because they'd all agreed on metrics that defined it, the 'solution' was a PowerPoint that reshaped their shared narrative, and by the end, the constructed problem and its constructed solution felt more solid than the table they were sitting at."
by Dumu The Void January 30, 2026
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