WHEN I ATTACK THE TECHNO OPTIMISTIC CAPITALISTIC TECH BROS, KNOW THAT I WAS DEEP IN THE CULT!
DEEP!
I GOT A PHD IN APPLIED PHYSICS AND WORKED IN NANOTECHNOLOGY AND STARTED A COMPANY WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING A GOD-LIKE PLANET SIZED BEING WHO TRAVELED THE UNIVERSE DOING PHYSICS PROBLEMS!
I CAN ADMIT NOW THAT I BELIEVED THAT!
I REALLY BELIEVED IT!
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS I WORKED 80 OR 90 HOURS A WEEK!
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT BREAKING INTO THE PHYSICS LIBRARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO READ THE LATEST NANOTECH JOURNAL PAPERS!
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS I READ ENDLESS TALES OF CAPITALISTIC GLORY!
NEAL STEPHENSON BROKE MY BRAIN!
THE EMPIRE BROKE MY BRAIN!
I BELIEVED THINGS THAT I NOW HATE TO SAY I BELIEVED BUT I DID THIS IS REAL THIS IS HOW THEY THINK THIS IS A DEATH CULT!
MAD!
MAD!
MAD!
BERKELEY IN THE 90S!
EMPIRE!
THEY'RE ALL COOKED!
BRAINS COOKED!
I LOST IT ALL!
I LOST ALL THE MONEY ALL THE LAND ALL THE CRAP!
GONE!
ON SOME HALF BAKED BULLSHIT!
AND I WATCHED PEOPLE MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS ON TOTAL FUCKING NONSENSE!
MADNESS!
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
ON TECH THAT DOESN'T WORK!
FOR A FANTASY OF A FUTURE THAT MAKES NO SENSE WHILE THE PRESENT BURNS DOWN AROUND US!
AND THEN I GET BROKE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND RUN OUT OF OPTIONS AND END UP BACK IN EMPIRE SCIENCE, A COG IN A MACHINE TO BUILD A FANTASY MACHINE THAT MAKES NO SENSE!
HOW DID I GET HERE?
WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING HERE?
I WANT TO DO SCIENCE FOR A SOCIETY WITH A FUTURE!
NOT FOR SOME DEATH CULT!
I JUST WANT TO HELP BUILD EXTEND THE SHARED NERVOUS SYSTEM OF HUMANITY!
THAT IS WHAT A INSTRUMENT MAKER DOES!
AND I DO IT!
BUT THIS SOCIETY IS TOTALLY INSANE!
I LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE AND ALL I SEE IS IMPERIAL DEATH CULTS!
NO WAY OUT!
BUT THERE HAS TO BE A WAY OUT!
THERE HAS TO BE!
THIS CANNOT BE ALL THERE IS!
WATCHING A BUNCH OF 4CHAN NAZIS BURN DOWN THE WORLD!
ARISE! ARISE! ARISE!
NOW IS THE TIME FOR REVOLUTION IN THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY!
