Author: Jordan S. Hatcher
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Cyberpunk key dates
A bit of chronology for my DC-84 research project 1982: “Blade Runner” – Ridley Scott1983: Bruce Bethke coins the term “cyberpunk”1984: Neuromancer by William Gibson (cyberspace)1986: “Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology,” – Bruce Sterling editor1986: Steve Jackson Games releases “GURPS Cyberpunk”1988: “Islands in the Net” by Bruce Sterling1990: “Operation Sundevil” raid by the Secret Service on…
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Brand Archetypes as Tarot Divination
We’ve gone through a few brand and brand identity exercises at my company, The Grid. Generally I’m not a fan of these conversations, as they get a bit mushy, and I want all that I do to come across as genuine and my default mode is information rich with less faff. Invariably during these conversations…
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_gai16zbriel shai16zpiro
As a further datapoint of the infection rates of DCF-84 the launch post of this legal post-human attorney specifically references Neuromancer and Dixie Flatline. _gai16zbriel shai16zpiro is more than an homage to the cyberpunk novels we loved as kids. As a digital manifestation of a niche internet microcelebrity lawyer’s (EMOJI) legal mind, _gai16zbriel shai16zpiro takes…
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Before Sunrise as dérive
So I recently had the synchronicity of re-watching Before Sunrise and reading Guy Debord’s Theory of the Dérive in the same week. https://rohandrape.net/ut/rttcc-text/Debord2006e.pdf One of the basic situationist practices is the dérive [literally: “drifting”], a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances. It strikes me that Before Sunrise captures a dérive of: If you look…
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EU Inc
There’s a great petition going around: https://www.eu-inc.org/ The drive for this: Unlike in the US, continent-wide investments and collaboration are rare in Europe—less than 18% of first-round investments are pan-European. The complexity of navigating multiple legal systems is a key barrier. Founders are stuck in national silos, which are limiting opportunities, slowing funding, and hindering…