[phendrenad2]

> I could see the logo of a company, which I recognized from ten years ago, though they had made it simpler

2008. Stephenson is 10 years ahead of the current discourse, as usual.

[ribosometronome]

Things have been feeling very Snow Crash and Diamond Age, lately, except I don't think there are any literally underground sex cults that are worthwhile.

[trenchpilgrim]

"They had parties underneath the supermarket in Brooklyn..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S5_0atkZTU