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Cyberpunk: The Human Condition amid High-tech Alienation and Urban Dystopia
By Raymond Lam Source: BuddhistDoor.net I love the seashore and the countryside, but I have spent most of my life in cities, with little to no time spent in the country. I grew up in Brisbane, Australia (which, despite its … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Consciousness, culture, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, J.G. Ballard, Literature, media, Philosophy, Science fiction, society, technology
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“One Long Discomfort”: The Legacy and Future of David Lindsay’s ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’
By Ben Schwartz Source: We Are the Mutants David Lindsay’s masterpiece A Voyage to Arcturus was first published in London in 1920 by Methuen & Co. It came dressed in a simple red cloth cover; no dust jacket, just the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Voyage to Arcturus, Books, culture, David Lindsay, Dystopia, Fantasy, Literature, media, Philosophy, psychology, Sociology, Speculative Fiction
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Snow, Death, and the Bewildered Herd
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain Few people at this hour – and I refer to the time before the breaking out of this most grim war, which is coming to birth so strangely, as if it did not … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Pasternak, C. Wright Mills, Cybernetics, Death, Eugene Ionesco, Information, Jacques Ellul, Literature, Marshall McLuhan, media, news, propaganda, technology, Walter Lippman
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