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PILL suggestion: meme format for protocol fiction situations cf

Apocalyptic Systems Thrillers ⊂ Protocol Fiction?

NYT essay on the genre of “apocalyptic systems thrillers” is very close to what we call protocol fiction around here. A subset. “It’s a familiar technique; in movies, such titles are often given extra technical sheen with a flashing cursor that prints them out across the screen, a skeuomorphic legacy of teletype and early command-line interfaces. The implication is that diverse situations are being monitored in some way, logged and recorded by a technically proficient authority that sees them a…