http://futurismic.com/2010/02/09/neomedievalism/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://futurismic.com/2010/02/09/neomedievalism/comment-page-1/#comment-74213 Shockey Funke Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:51:16 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10438#comment-74213 "To be honest, the majority of people will notice no major changes in their lives at all" Yes. Trudge daily to your mud-field cubicles and weed endless fields of code. We exist to support affluence. “To be honest, the majority of people will notice no major changes in their lives at all” Yes. Trudge daily to your mud-field cubicles and weed endless fields of code. We exist to support affluence.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2010/02/09/neomedievalism/comment-page-1/#comment-74071 Nader Elhefnawy Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:37:16 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10438#comment-74071 It's almost surreal, reading this. A decade ago these were very fashionable topics-the privatization of security, the weakening (or failure) of states, the resurgent influence of non-state actors-as if we were in the process of living out Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. But then with everyone talking about the "return of the state" after 2001, and with the spike in oil prices the talk of neo-mercantilism, it seemed rather passe. Maybe the dialogue's moving back in that direction. It’s almost surreal, reading this. A decade ago these were very fashionable topics-the privatization of security, the weakening (or failure) of states, the resurgent influence of non-state actors-as if we were in the process of living out Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. But then with everyone talking about the “return of the state” after 2001, and with the spike in oil prices the talk of neo-mercantilism, it seemed rather passe. Maybe the dialogue’s moving back in that direction.

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