High Tech Nihilism

 Posted by on 7 August 2008 at 2:34 pm  Culture, Technology
Aug 072008
 

The August 3, 2008 New York Times takes a look inside the nihilistic culture of internet trolls.

For what it’s worth, Jason Fortuny aka”Weev” (the featured troll in the article) has explicitly stated that he believes we are living in a simulation. I’ll leave it an an exercise for the reader to decide if/how that philosophy shapes his actions.

   
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