Dai Sumeri al Metaverso | "Snow Crash" il virus/droga/religione che devasta la mente

Snow Crash di Neal Stephenson, pubblicato nel 1992, non è solo il romanzo nel quale, per la prima volta, prendono vita sia il Metaverso, e sia gli avatar così come, oggi, li intendiamo; ma è un vero capolavoro.

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#️⃣ #Letteratura #SpeculativeFiction #Stephenson

The Rocket was a pioneering steam-powered locomotive invented in 1829 by the British engineer Robert Stephenson (1803-1859). For a cash prize, extensive competition trials were held to find the best locomotive in the Rainhill Trials. Rocket won and so was used to pull carriages on the first inter-city train line from Liverpool to Manchester, which opened in September 1830. https://www.worldhistory.org/Stephenson's_Rocket/ #Stephenson'sRocket #RobertStephenson #SteamEngine #History

@rayckeith @sciencefiction @epistemology @straylight @Deborah909 @bookstodon @pmb @elysegrasso @philosophy

After _Seven Eves_, #Stephenson can do no wrong in my mind.

I say that. But _Anathem_ is testing my faith and patience after only 2 chapters.

#HardSciFi #CharacterDevelopment #PoliSci #Writing #Bookstodon

Another #SciFi #dystopia is becoming reality:

"But if cars had been invented after Macintoshes, carmakers would not have bothered to gin up all of these arcane devices. We would have a computer screen instead of a dashboard."

Neal #Stephenson, In the Beginning was the Command Line (1999)

#NealStephenson #commandline #Apple #Cars #WWDC

@tunda Nur leicht OT:

Finkle-McGraw brightened a bit. "You know, when I was a lad they called it A.I. Artificial intelligence."

Hackworth allowed himself a tight, narrow, and brief smile. "Well, there's something to be said for cheekiness, I suppose."

--Neal #Stephenson, The Diamond Age

#Literature #ScienceFiction

@upgradetofreedom@librem.one Übrigens, eine Leseempfehlung, die in diesem Zusammenhang passt (und dir gefallen könnte): Der Barockzyklus von Neal #Stephenson.