man i love the first two paragraphs here, right away you do so much in a small amount of time and space that i've been meaning to do with so many things
> But - and the movie pointedly avoids drawing the audience’s attention to this during the climax - Sasha’s money is Benji’s money from the divorce. That’s datacenter money. Silicon Valley still runs the brave new world. Sasha’s control of Benji’s money is a temporary aberration, a glitch in the Matrix, not a structural force that can counter the structural forces eating old media and everything else alive. The business model still doesn’t work. In the long run Benji wins.
I think the movie actually draws attention to this in the end, in the lines "And the last clock is just another piece of driftwood next to the Titanic. And for now, yes, there's room for both of us." (if you Google these lines, there are no results except subtitle sites, I think no one has commented on them so far)
wait what i messed this up, how do i delete this (edit: nvm seems to be okay now)
This was such a good read, you're an incredibly talented writer, as I'm sure you've heard. Keep it up.
thank you!
Idk but don’t, it’s quite good
How did you mess it up tho
i messed up the restack, wanted to restack with a note but restacked without a note. still can't tell if i did it right
did this post get truncated or something?
nah i meant to end it that way, just messed up the restacking-with-a-note
really enjoyed this & i miss your non-twitter writing :)
thank you! i have a bunch of other really dumb ideas for posts i hope to get to sooner than later
man i love the first two paragraphs here, right away you do so much in a small amount of time and space that i've been meaning to do with so many things
thank you! i had to rewrite the opening paragraph like 5 times and this was the one that stuck because i stopped trying to “write a substack post”
i love your writing, it is so fun to read :)
thanks the secret is derangement
very happy you're back writing :)
thank you! good to be back
Great post
> But - and the movie pointedly avoids drawing the audience’s attention to this during the climax - Sasha’s money is Benji’s money from the divorce. That’s datacenter money. Silicon Valley still runs the brave new world. Sasha’s control of Benji’s money is a temporary aberration, a glitch in the Matrix, not a structural force that can counter the structural forces eating old media and everything else alive. The business model still doesn’t work. In the long run Benji wins.
I think the movie actually draws attention to this in the end, in the lines "And the last clock is just another piece of driftwood next to the Titanic. And for now, yes, there's room for both of us." (if you Google these lines, there are no results except subtitle sites, I think no one has commented on them so far)
ah maybe. i sort of remember this line but honestly i didn’t completely understand the first bit lmao
God I need to find some way to profit from knowing about this lol. But I'm just a fuckass philosophy student