A science fiction milieux where tech jargon becomes the language of everyday life: a mundane, hypnotic, self-absorbed dream. Gary Numan sang "Me! I Disconnect from You!" more than thirty years ago, evoking the interpersonal specifics of computer-mediated social networking long before Mark Zuckerberg was even born. [Thought Catalog via iO9]
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