America was a sold a sci-fi narrative of infinite growth and the technological singularity, to cover the rise of a new oligarchy It’s the most cliche idea in sci-fi An all powerful technology corporation Weyland-Yutani, Omni consumer products, Cyberdyne Systems X-Corp! oh…wait…it seems Grok hallucinated some reality into our sci-fi here! And a promethean techContinue reading “Wait…are we an oligarchy now?”
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The remarkable Neal Stephenson interview
Neal Stephenson – legendary author of speculative fiction – on Elon Musk and geek culture, the NSA revelations of Edward Snowden, how negative cultural narratives are killing big science – and the upbringing that made him the writer he is. IN LATE 2013 I had the opportunity to interview the author Neal Stephenson. Some Remarks,Continue reading “The remarkable Neal Stephenson interview”
Damien Walter 