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William Gibson (yes, that William Gibson) wrote an article about Singapore and the authoritarianism way back in 1993 [1]. He called it "Disneyland with the Deat
by Jerry2 7y ago
William Gibson (yes, that William Gibson) wrote an article about Singapore and the authoritarianism way back in 1993 [1]. He called it "Disneyland with the Death Penalty". WIRED mag ended up getting banned for a while after that article [2]. I guess things got a lot more dystopian since then.
[1] https://www.wired.com/1993/04/gibson-2/ https://www.wired.com/1993/04/gibson-2/
[2] https://www.wired.com/2012/04/opinion-jeyaretnam-disneyland-death-penalty/ https://www.wired.com/2012/04/opinion-jeyaretnam-disneyland-...