Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren’t straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

  • @[email protected]
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    131 year ago

    There’s a company near me called the Telamon Corporation, which is the name of the Dragon from the Wheel of Time. So it’s not just cyberpunk, there’s fantasy as well

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      81 year ago

      There’s also Palantir, which does exactly what you think

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      “Telemon” has an even more interesting history. He was a figure in Greek mythology, and generally around people like Hercules, Odysseus, and Jason. He is the son of a king and a mountain nymph.

      As you may well know (but others don’t) Robert Jordan, when building the world for his Wheel of Time series, pulled from all sorts of existing myths, legends, and memories. After all, it’s just another turning of the Wheel, right?