The Valens Program
Written by Jesse Rowell for ‘Tales from Cybersalon’, September 2021. Shale oil extraction below the Sangre de Cristo Mountains unearthed imaginary people in July 2069. People preserved on paper, mostly...
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Written by Liam Hogan for ‘Tales from Cybersalon’, September 2021. Elaine’s finger hovered over the green button. She’d always been data-wary, part of a generation who went through tediously unclicking...
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Working from home or “hybrid” will drive the biggest change in how we interact with our local communities and neighbours. As companies are settling towards 2 days office weeks ( Thursday is the new...
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Review of “Tales from the Cybersalon” #3 Future Communities (Sept 2021) By: Wael Elazab Accomplishing peace today by distorting the past. The founder has maintained that creating fictitious deviants...
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Episode 3, with Prof Rachel Armstrong, Ed Saperia (Newspeak House) and Yen Ooi
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Written by Stephen Oram for ‘Tales from Cybersalon’, November 2021. “I don’t want to beg, but we are best mates ‘n all that.” “You have to be kidding. They’ll trace it so easily, and then where will we...
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Written by Paul Currion for ‘Tales from Cybersalon’, November 2021. “Heeeeeeeeeeeey,” says Money, “Why aren’t you out there spending?” “How long do I have left?” I ask her. “I am sorry to say,” says...
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Written by Sophie Sparham for ‘Tales from Cybersalon’, November 2021. “Tell me again what you want,” I said, cracking my fingers. Denis squirmed in his seat, twisting his hat in his hands. “I need the...
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Written by Eva Pascoe for ‘Tales from Cybersalon’, November 2021. The bell at GASDAQ rang loudly, as young CEO Rico Nada raised his hands and clapped at the SmoothCat Software team. “Thanks to these...
View ArticleTales from the Cybersalon #4 Future of Money – key takeaways from Episode 4
By Wael Elazab, Dec 1st 2021 Five hundred years ago, code digits “1” and “0” for on and off, set the course and trajectory of life as we know it. Disruptively speaking, I don’t imagine anybody felt a...
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