“What appears as disaster postponed is, in virtual reality, disaster expanded.”

—  Nick Land

"Suspended Animation (Part 5)" https://web.archive.org/web/20121111032650/http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/article/1524/suspended-animation-part-5 (2011)

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