February 2012
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December 2011
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How Cyberpunk Warned against Apple’s Consumer...
It’s a notable coincidence that Steve Job died exactly two decades after Neil Stephenson completed Snowcrash, arguably, the last great Cyberpunk novel. Stephenson and Jobs’ work exemplified two alternative visions of humans’ relationship with technology in the Digital Age. Snowcrash offers a gritty, dystopian vision of a world where technology works against human progress as much as it works on...
November 2011
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October 2011
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BLACKBLACKGOLD: Let's think about the Now & the... →
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1. The idea of subverting subculture aesthetics and idealism has been a hot topic for the last two years, gathering steam primarily through the use of tumblr and the like. Existing formerly relevant but now-toothless structures such as punk or goth have been reimagined for the Now, taking…
Wintermute: Eventually there will be a subculture... →
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These people will not own cell phones. They will not run blogs or update statuses on social networks. They will not have email addresses, they will not watch movie trailers or download music or buy apps.
And in that way, they will not exist. They will be a part of no corporate consumer surveys,…
September 2011
8 posts
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We’ve certainly seen plenty of new music videos that reappropriate VHS footage from ’80s sci-fi flicks, but on this slick clip for Com Truise’s “Brokendate” tune, the New Jersey-based bedroom producer ups the ante by creating his very own nostalgic sci-fi thriller. Director Will Joines touches on a handful of cinematic legacies—including Tron, Cloak & Dagger,...
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July 2011
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