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How to Plug Into A Crisis
(Or, how to be a Stephensonian Gargoyle.*) I know a little bit about this. In November 2008, I was using Twitter (before it was big) to live narrate the Mumbai attacks. Real-time analysis in 140 character counts (the graph is … Continue reading
Idea: Systemic Disruption Dashboard
Lead time for an inbound threat varies from minutes to days. There should be a tool that can adapt to either timeline that assesses the potential for systems disruption. Data centers, railways, bridges, sewers, energy pipelines, subway switches, the list … Continue reading
Three Sovereigns Graphic Novel
Pretty cool project by Anthony. It’s got 60 hours left to raise $2k. It is… an action-adventure graphic novel that tells a radically different new story of the subversive life of Jesus. It favors historical plausibility over dogma, ancient politics … Continue reading
StartupDystopia.com
You’ll find all the startup dystopia stories over there along with my dystopian Pinterest on the new site. The site already has two new stories that haven’t been published here. Go check them out. More soon. -Shlok Sign up for … Continue reading
The Dirty Weapons
This is the era of the dirty weapon. Nation-states took all the clean ones. The ones that could be controlled. The ones that required hundreds of academics and engineers. And in doing so, they did the R&D for the loners, … Continue reading