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This network-parable was inspired by Electro (Marvel Comics) and the upcoming film The Predator.
How have democracy and industry changed human storytelling?
Signing off,
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Electric was an American superhuman and vigilante who was created on a computer network by an MIT student named Max Dillon. Electric had a magical electric 'shield' which had the capacity to generate strong bursts of electric energy, rendering Electric with the superpower to overcome any agent of static interference. Electric scoured through American computer networks, looking for viruses and malware and anything threatening algorithm-network stabilities. Max was proud of Electric, and the NSA declared him America's first diplomat of its special cyber-security division. However, an evil mad scientist generated a special 'Internet super-virus' named Electron which wielded the ability to potentially 'shatter' Electric's special 'magic electric-field shield.' Electron even gave itself a digital self-image (made to look like a young mad scientist). Electric was a patriot, while Electron was a terrorist!
{Electric & Electron}
Agents at the CIA were ordered to evaluate the philosophical significance of this Electric-Electron 'cyber-war,' so the agents began analysing the psycho-sociological symbolism of the fictional wolfish evil 'first-knight' A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) robot Cyclonus (a warrior-robot who transforms into a potent futuristic fighter-jet). The CIA concluded that the modernism symbolism of Cyclonus (a Machiavellian diplomat of piracy in the era of capitalism pedagoguery) reflected the labyrinth dynamics of this special politically-loaded Electric-Electron 'cyber-war.' After all, the modern world was largely gauged by sophisticated electrical networking (e.g., Facebook, Amazon.com, Wikipedia, eTrade, eBay). Cyclonus was the new Peter Pan.
{Cyclonus}
As with any American endeavour, there come the threats of anarchy. Electron established mercantile networks with the terrorist organizations ISIS and Cobra. Electron ordered ISIS and Cobra to distribute compact cassettes with recordings of anti-capitalism pedagoguery speeches (to distribute to pedestrians across the world). These 'rhetoric-recordings' became the banner-flag of Electron's war against democracy and the Western world. When Electric realized that Electron intended to scramble the computer networks at every Ivy League school (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, UPenn, Columbia, Brown), he created a series of eBay pro-capitalism video-games, in which players competed to sell original designed goods (to defy ISIS and Cobra's 'rhetoric-tapes'). It was a truly democratic edification.
{Compact Audio Cassette}
GOD: Electric is winning the day...
SATAN: No one tolerates terrorism.
GOD: Governance is always soothing.
SATAN: Will President Trump honor eBay?
GOD: Capitalists honor capitalism...
SATAN: America cares about WikiLeaks.
GOD: Intellectual property is the new real estate!
SATAN: Monopoly (Parker Brothers) is a popular iPhone app/game.
GOD: Intel and Microsoft have revolutionized business/industry.
SATAN: If Cyclonus is the new Peter Pan, who is the new Shylock?
GOD: I think Goldfinger is the new Shylock.
SATAN: Let's make a WikiLeaks movie!
GOD: They've already made one...The Fifth Estate (Stanley Tucci).
SATAN: Hail, Caesar!!
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How have democracy and industry changed human storytelling?
Signing off,
====
Electric was an American superhuman and vigilante who was created on a computer network by an MIT student named Max Dillon. Electric had a magical electric 'shield' which had the capacity to generate strong bursts of electric energy, rendering Electric with the superpower to overcome any agent of static interference. Electric scoured through American computer networks, looking for viruses and malware and anything threatening algorithm-network stabilities. Max was proud of Electric, and the NSA declared him America's first diplomat of its special cyber-security division. However, an evil mad scientist generated a special 'Internet super-virus' named Electron which wielded the ability to potentially 'shatter' Electric's special 'magic electric-field shield.' Electron even gave itself a digital self-image (made to look like a young mad scientist). Electric was a patriot, while Electron was a terrorist!
{Electric & Electron}
Agents at the CIA were ordered to evaluate the philosophical significance of this Electric-Electron 'cyber-war,' so the agents began analysing the psycho-sociological symbolism of the fictional wolfish evil 'first-knight' A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) robot Cyclonus (a warrior-robot who transforms into a potent futuristic fighter-jet). The CIA concluded that the modernism symbolism of Cyclonus (a Machiavellian diplomat of piracy in the era of capitalism pedagoguery) reflected the labyrinth dynamics of this special politically-loaded Electric-Electron 'cyber-war.' After all, the modern world was largely gauged by sophisticated electrical networking (e.g., Facebook, Amazon.com, Wikipedia, eTrade, eBay). Cyclonus was the new Peter Pan.
{Cyclonus}
As with any American endeavour, there come the threats of anarchy. Electron established mercantile networks with the terrorist organizations ISIS and Cobra. Electron ordered ISIS and Cobra to distribute compact cassettes with recordings of anti-capitalism pedagoguery speeches (to distribute to pedestrians across the world). These 'rhetoric-recordings' became the banner-flag of Electron's war against democracy and the Western world. When Electric realized that Electron intended to scramble the computer networks at every Ivy League school (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, UPenn, Columbia, Brown), he created a series of eBay pro-capitalism video-games, in which players competed to sell original designed goods (to defy ISIS and Cobra's 'rhetoric-tapes'). It was a truly democratic edification.
{Compact Audio Cassette}
GOD: Electric is winning the day...
SATAN: No one tolerates terrorism.
GOD: Governance is always soothing.
SATAN: Will President Trump honor eBay?
GOD: Capitalists honor capitalism...
SATAN: America cares about WikiLeaks.
GOD: Intellectual property is the new real estate!
SATAN: Monopoly (Parker Brothers) is a popular iPhone app/game.
GOD: Intel and Microsoft have revolutionized business/industry.
SATAN: If Cyclonus is the new Peter Pan, who is the new Shylock?
GOD: I think Goldfinger is the new Shylock.
SATAN: Let's make a WikiLeaks movie!
GOD: They've already made one...The Fifth Estate (Stanley Tucci).
SATAN: Hail, Caesar!!
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