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>> hidden Brazil ductwork steampunk menagerie As a huge fan of William Gibson, that's some lovely writing, my fellow greybeard. >> I was an obsessive control freak There are 'control freaks' and there are the rest of the sea of humanity. Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Einstein, Feynman, ... I like my place in the set of the control freaks of the world. The key is to not ever try to control other people, only our own c…
(Brazil wasn't gibson btw) I thought Brazil was weird when I first saw it, but over the years I've overlaid it on reality sort of, and it has matched up quite well. For example, are you DeNiro in real life when you run an adblocker?
I know Brazil was Gilliam. I was merely commenting on his writing style.