Oh heh manufactured normalcy bubble of Karenland can also represent inflation. Can be a distorted bubble. Costs more and more to keep normalcy going.
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Another difference from 2016 map is there are no landscape-shaping individuals. Permaweird is too hyper complex for individuals to loom large, Big Men or small. The era of Big Men is done. Only name that appears is Xi but he’s only pwned China, not reshaped it
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2016 map had Trump, Bernie, Hillary looming large. The map org was the Thiel 2x2. Bezos, Musk, Thiel had named presences.
2022 map… that sort of thing feels wrong
Might put a harambe motif somewhere though
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Open for comments and additions for a week before I get it into production
Items must be at least potentially world post-historically significant, not just your pet themes
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Oh 2x2 logic is clear:
X: pre-post Weirding,
Y: AI vs crypto ~= commie vs libertarian
Thiel gets a bit of structural credit here too. Half an axis. In 2016 I used his determinate/indeterminate optimist/pessimist 2x2 fully
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Need a way to suggest multiverse/bespoke realities/simulation in a fundamental way. Maybe do a misregistered near-duplicate layer 🤔
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Tempted to do an overarching LOTR theme and make Karenland Mordor. Mt. Doom could be a premium mediocre mall. Not too strict. Loose rings of power vibe.
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In 2016 I explored making a 3d version but it was too hard. Maybe this time…
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End of history temporal overview effect. Restaurant at the end of the universe. Sponsored by blue origin suborbital flights.
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I cast AI river into a perspective shrink because I think it’s important but not yet clear enough unlike it’s natural dual, crypto. But estuary vs delta is deliberate symbolism.
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Xi land should obv be Celestial Empire of Xi
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Celestial Empire of Xi-Pooh
Though that might get me on a hit list or something and I won’t be able to sell metaverse rights to Hollywood
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