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Why are Humans used as Batteries (a power source) in the Matrix? (2017) (dwheeler.com)
3 points by ajot on Jan 26, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


The Wachowski’s original idea was using humans as a computational source. The humans as batteries change was to make it more accessible to a general audience.

Some discussion on stack exchange: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executiv...




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