It is 2247, an ethnonastionalist-devastated future. Ronin cosmopolitan scenesters wander looking for global conferences to attend. 1/
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Sneaking across borders to underground conferences, connected through a global black market of ancient schawag bags (lovingly preserved) /2
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they survive as a fragile subculture preserving a precarious tradition of thought leadership. 3/
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What sustains them is the lore of a golden age centuries past, when cosmopolitans were respected instead of hunted, 4/
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I'm bad with specifics but there's something here about a underground TED mafia full of posturetalk, like prosecuted religion/secret society
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This accurately depicts most software development communities
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