"I think my whole field is haunted by the Primer"

cyberpunk illustration of a young woman's face melding with (presumably) the cosmos in a frame of rustic pitted metal and/or wood surrounded by gears and wiresdetail from cover art of The Diamond Age

Thoughts about The Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer from Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age," nearly 30 years on ... gwint posted "Exorcising us of the Primer" by researcher and software engineer/designer Andy Matuschak

07/06/24
by taz

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