There's a company near me called the Telamon Corporation, which is the name of the Dragon from the Wheel of Time. So it's not just cyberpunk, there's fantasy as well
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There's also Palantir, which does exactly what you think
Which is annoying because it's a fucking good name.
"Telemon" has an even more interesting history. He was a figure in Greek mythology, and generally around people like Hercules, Odysseus, and Jason. He is the son of a king and a mountain nymph.
As you may well know (but others don't) Robert Jordan, when building the world for his Wheel of Time series, pulled from all sorts of existing myths, legends, and memories. After all, it's just another turning of the Wheel, right?
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My favorite is literally just "Brand." The "generic" brand company. Although I feel like they leaned purposefully into the cyberpunk shit.
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Theranos sounded like a superhero villain. I guess it kind of was?
We live in the world where Mr robot failed and gave up.
Skynet.net
Currently waiting for BiffCo to spice up our lives and give us floating long boards
Ultimate Marvel's Gregory Stark was supposed to be a caricature. He's spot on though.
I mean, they're all also chasing AI too doesn't that typically lead to our demise too?
Oh that’s no problem to solve. Just put Asimov’s five laws in your default instructions and your chatgpt bots will never manipulate you into overthrowing human civilization.
I'm not a Christian, but can we start rapturing people away anyway? I gotta get out this bitch.
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When I think about the fact that Facebook thought it was a good idea to name their online VR platform “the metaverse“ it still breaks my brain a little bit
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