Aeon Flux (Was: Re: Truth Machines and Open Networks)

den Otter (otter@globalxs.nl)
Sat, 7 Feb 1998 00:26:09 +0100


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Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:

Someone wrote:
> > Problem is, like disarmament, how to initiate the needed
> > unilateral moves in a world where there's lots a meano control
> > freeks who want you to disrobe first...
>
> Like Trevor Goodchild? (A transhumanist dictator in the animated
> series "Aeon Flux") He literally disrobes and institutes an
> "everybody-watches-everybody" policy - while still keeping some dirty
> secrets for himself.
The whole series is so damn transhumanistic, everybody should see it!
I'd also recommend the Robotech "trilogy" (the animated series, not the book(s)),
although it's somewhat hard to come by these days...
See also http://www.mcs.net/~deitrich/TIWinfo.html