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Dr. shathley Q is a writer and cultural critic. He is Comics Editor for PopMatters, and contributes the column 'Hushmoney' to Brooklyn Rail. THOUGHTFORMCOMICS is his memory backup for when ideas hit while he roams free in the world.

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Dec 29 '10

Is Facebook on Timewave Zero?

Weird moment here. Just reading this quote puts me back some 12 years to the original series finale of Neon Genesis Evangvelion. “Zuckerberg loves being around people. He didn’t build Facebook so he could have a social life like the rest of us. He built it because he wanted the rest of us to have his.”

This line just pushes the wrong buttons and so very much sounds like Human Instrumentality that closes out Neon Genesis (I swear on my soul that doesn’t exist it’s only me and Takeda that call it that rather than Evangelion or the more contracted Eva). We were here 12 years ago…does any of this sound even vaguely like McKenna’s Timewave Zero?