CAPSULE #01
WE ARE THE TECHNOLOGY
PODCAST
TV
BOOKSHELF
THE DELUSION OF A SPIDER-LESS WEB
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IN LINGUISTICS, IT’S CALLED “NOMINATIVE DETERMINISM”
THAT PHENOMENON THAT MAKES SOMEONE NAMED MOLLY FLOWERS BLOSSOM INTO A PROFESSIONAL BOTANIST
SOMEONE NAMED MATT BUTTS GROW UP TO BE A PROCTOLOGIST
AND SOMEONE NAMED CHAD TURN INTO, WELL, A CHAD AS AN ADULT
SO ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, WHEN WE NAMED IT THE WORLD WIDE WEB
DID WE REALLY EXPECT THE SPIDER WOULD BE FAR BEHIND?
TANGLED IN THE STICKY STRINGS OF MANIPULATION
MUMMIFIED BY CONTACT WITHOUT COMMUNICATION
PARALYZED BY VENOMOUS INFORMATION
WE’VE SPUN THE WEB WE’RE SUFFOCATING IN
WE NAMED THE VILLAIN BEFORE HE WAS ALIVE
— CRISTINA PEERENBOOM