"We were promised flying cars and all we got was 140 characters" Peter Thiel I bet in Peter to be one of the authors of the book.
Peter seems a little too concrete for this type of project.
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#62Self-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.
I don't think so either. But, wasn't A Modest Proposal pretty short too?
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#64Self-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…
> Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. I think transmodernism is pretty clearly on track to win right now. Just look at the rapid increase in states legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational purposes.
Postmodernism was never alive in the sense to which the parent refers. Now that we've neatly rejected the premise of that comment, let's move on: nobody cares or knows about transmodernism, or any other literary movement (be it imaginary, as — in the case of transmodernism — or otherwise)
The days in which a movement could be dominant are long past us. That's sort of the point.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Post-modernism [1] has been considered "dead" for about 10-15 years with no discernible movement coalescing to replace it. I think transmodernism is pretty clearly on track to win right now. Just look at the rapid increase in states legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational purposes.
Postmodernism was never alive in the sense to which the parent refers. Now that we've neatly rejected the premise of that comment, let's move on: nobody cares or knows about transmodernism, or any other literary movement (be it imaginary, as — in the case of transmodernism — or otherwise) The days in which a movement could be dominant are long past us. That's sort of the point.
Transmodernism isn't a literary movement, and no one needs to know what it is for it to become the dominant intellectual paradigm.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
> SV, entrepreneurship, and startup culture have had such a profound effect on the west Only in your tiny bubble. People seriously believe this?
Yeah i'm really not sure if that was a troll or not. "Heroes of a movement"? Can you actually call financial investment trends a "movement"?
The modern Tony Stark is literally based on Elon Musk. Interest in Computer Science programs jumped after the Social Network movie came out. I think there's more truth in roymurdocks' comment then you give it credit for.
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#68So if there are really only 140 copies, how long until the book is put online?
It links to a copy in the article: https://fusiondotnet.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/iterating-g...
The article also notes that the essay has been picked up by a publisher (now available on Amazon for $5 - $8), so I presume this copy is not authorized.
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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 bo…
that made my day. really.
Re: The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders
#70Self-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?
You realize you are posting this using about 99% tech developed in the valley, right?
I like the idea. Not sure if it will fly or not -- after all, once you've read one nerd-takes-the-world story, you've read them all. But we could do with a new genre.