Mondo 2000 Issue 2 (1990)
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Mondo 2000 Issue 2 (1990)
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#2Fondly I remember devouring each issue of Mondo 2000 as if it held some grand promise of future about to happen.
I even bought some "Smart Drugs" and techno t-shirts but it was all for nought.
Even more than Wired, Mondo 2000 was this techno fetish fantasy that was never going to happen.
In some respects I am reminded of a line of Victor' Pelevin's from "Generation P" where the writer for this high concept underground magazine is in reality a balding father of three with a mortage and 4 starving mouths to feed.
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#3Fondly I remember devouring each issue of Mondo 2000 as if it held some grand promise of future about to happen. I even bought some "Smart Drugs" and techno t-shirts but it was all for nought. Even more than Wired, Mondo 2000 was this techno fetish fantasy that was never going to happen. In some respects I am reminded of a line of Victor' Pelevin's from "Generation P" where the writer for this high concept undergroun…
To be honest, I long for the Mondo2000 vision of technology and culture. It seems very quaint and interesting next to the "campus dweeb" culture of Snap, FB, etc.
I have immense nostalgia for the early days of computers, when they were sold in carpeted showrooms with brochure racks by guys who needed a haircut. Those guys were changing the world forever! That heady time continued until right around when Wired replaced M2K.
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#4Man, I loved that magazine, back in the day.
Re: Mondo 2000 Issue 2 (1990)
#5Fondly I remember devouring each issue of Mondo 2000 as if it held some grand promise of future about to happen. I even bought some "Smart Drugs" and techno t-shirts but it was all for nought. Even more than Wired, Mondo 2000 was this techno fetish fantasy that was never going to happen. In some respects I am reminded of a line of Victor' Pelevin's from "Generation P" where the writer for this high concept undergroun…
To be honest, I long for the Mondo2000 vision of technology and culture. It seems very quaint and interesting next to the "campus dweeb" culture of Snap, FB, etc. I have immense nostalgia for the early days of computers, when they were sold in carpeted showrooms with brochure racks by guys who needed a haircut. Those guys were changing the world forever! That heady time continued until right around when Wired replace…
I'm reminded of "The Guy I Almost Was" [1].
Re: Mondo 2000 Issue 2 (1990)
#6Fondly I remember devouring each issue of Mondo 2000 as if it held some grand promise of future about to happen. I even bought some "Smart Drugs" and techno t-shirts but it was all for nought. Even more than Wired, Mondo 2000 was this techno fetish fantasy that was never going to happen. In some respects I am reminded of a line of Victor' Pelevin's from "Generation P" where the writer for this high concept undergroun…
To be honest, I long for the Mondo2000 vision of technology and culture. It seems very quaint and interesting next to the "campus dweeb" culture of Snap, FB, etc. I have immense nostalgia for the early days of computers, when they were sold in carpeted showrooms with brochure racks by guys who needed a haircut. Those guys were changing the world forever! That heady time continued until right around when Wired replace…
Wired came along, and the ads were suddenly for cars rather than smart drugs. There was no dreaming in Wired. It felt like a fashion statement, not a manifesto.
Mondo 2000 was something else. A promise of a future we could have, if only we were brave enough and crazy enough to try.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be honest, I long for the Mondo2000 vision of technology and culture. It seems very quaint and interesting next to the "campus dweeb" culture of Snap, FB, etc. I have immense nostalgia for the early days of computers, when they were sold in carpeted showrooms with brochure racks by guys who needed a haircut. Those guys were changing the world forever! That heady time continued until right around when Wired replace…
Wired came along, and the ads were suddenly for cars rather than smart drugs. There was no dreaming in Wired. It felt like a fashion statement, not a manifesto. Mondo 2000 was something else. A promise of a future we could have, if only we were brave enough and crazy enough to try.
Those crazy hippies talking about using VR to unlock spiritual awareness through massively multiplayer virtual acid trips is just a whole lot more fun than the awful, terrible Facebook Spaces demo. I guess I'm just partial to the time when we were all freaks and geeks.
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#8I had all these, bought on the newsstand, and Wired back to issue 1. At some point I just had to clean house, during a move, and they all went. Mondo 2000 was both inspiring and, even to me back at the time, a little bit laughable, especially the fashion parts. But fun.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be honest, I long for the Mondo2000 vision of technology and culture. It seems very quaint and interesting next to the "campus dweeb" culture of Snap, FB, etc. I have immense nostalgia for the early days of computers, when they were sold in carpeted showrooms with brochure racks by guys who needed a haircut. Those guys were changing the world forever! That heady time continued until right around when Wired replace…
I'm reminded of "The Guy I Almost Was" [1]. [1] http://www.electricsheepcomix.com/almostguy/
The early webcomic "Delta Thrives" from the same artist is still one of my touchstones for a utopian vision of the future.
http://e-sheep.sansara.net.ua/www.e-sheep.com/delta/heartoft...
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#10Took me a minute to realize you could actually flip through the pages (just click on the pages). Nice little feature.