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The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

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Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

Interesting question but the specific work we're talking about it not going to shape literature. It's shorter than a long magazine piece. A new literature movement doesn't appear to be the ambition here.

Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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I read on your blog that you were getting off HN. Glad to see that's not true.

I'm trying to get off HN like it's an abusive significant other. I don't know why, and I don't think it's healthy, but somehow I keep coming back for more.

We're sorry. We didn't mean to take your productivity out to the back and throw it under the lawnmower. Twice. Can't you procrastinate with us, just a little, please, for old times sake? It'll only take a minute. You can stay for a minute, right?

Hey, did you see there's a new release of Dwarf Fortress out? You should look at some of the engineering behind the B-29 cannon system. Isn't it interesting how the human body responds to long-term microgravity? How would you like to buy a South Dakota hamlet? Do you think malware could effectively exploit any flaws in multiprocessor computing?

Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

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Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

I've maintained that our descendants will be like the aliens from the ST:TNG episode "Darmok", except instead of historical metaphors we'll use lolcats, ragefaces, and mythical characters like Scumbag Steve and Overly Attached Girlfriend.

Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

I've maintained that our descendants will be like the aliens from the ST:TNG episode "Darmok", except instead of historical metaphors we'll use lolcats, ragefaces, and mythical characters like Scumbag Steve and Overly Attached Girlfriend.

I guess that's a slightly better outcome than Idiocracy.

Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

I've maintained that our descendants will be like the aliens from the ST:TNG episode "Darmok", except instead of historical metaphors we'll use lolcats, ragefaces, and mythical characters like Scumbag Steve and Overly Attached Girlfriend.

I've got a lingering fear that we're inching closer and closer to a 'Fifteen Million Merits' future.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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This reminds me a little of "Being or Nothingness" by Joe K (hehe) http://lukemuehlhauser.com/the-riddle-of-being-or-nothingnes...

Joe K's BorN is a great read. Love Hofstadter's quote on the matter:

“People who are normal, i.e., sane, sensible, don’t try to open lines of communication with total strangers by writing them a series of disjointed, weird, cryptic messages.”

Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

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Self-referential, technology-focused and shaped texts like this make me wonder what the new, dominant school of thought will be for this generation's western literature. Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west that it would be hard for authors today t…

> SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west

Only in your tiny bubble. People seriously believe this?

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