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This reminds me of the neuro-linguistic virus in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. 'Snow Crash' in the novel refers to a version of the virus encoded in a bitmap im
by saeranv 6y ago
This reminds me of the neuro-linguistic virus in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. 'Snow Crash' in the novel refers to a version of the virus encoded in a bitmap image which can cause hackers (who are used to processing information in binary form) to suffer brain damage.
- fenomas 6y agoTo say nothing of the "Drummers" from Diamond Age (loosely, a cult of people who spend years at a time entranced and drumming in unison).
- saeranv 6y agoThis does seem to be a persistent theme in Stephenson's book. I just remembered that in Anathem, Fraa Jad (the Millenarian monk that accompanies Erasmus) perform a similar sort of mediation with long, deep chanting. I don't have the book at hand, but as I recall, Erasmus thinks it's Fraa Jad's way of manipulating his mind.