Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have
Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have
Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic
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There's a company near me called the Telamon Corporation, which is the name of the Dragon from the Wheel of Time. So it's not just cyberpunk, there's fantasy as well
There's also Palantir, which does exactly what you think
Which is annoying because it's a fucking good name.
"Telemon" has an even more interesting history. He was a figure in Greek mythology, and generally around people like Hercules, Odysseus, and Jason. He is the son of a king and a mountain nymph.
As you may well know (but others don't) Robert Jordan, when building the world for his Wheel of Time series, pulled from all sorts of existing myths, legends, and memories. After all, it's just another turning of the Wheel, right?
Crazy to think they named Norse gods after the protagonist of the wheel of time.
Almost teleological in its implications!