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<i>'the Jedi Order, the geekiest people in the universe'</i>
20July2005 [directLink] [myth]
Neal Stephenson on Star Wars; this is an article from a month ago in the NYTimes. Entertaining for any geeks, and in typical Stephenson style, manages to make Star Wars a parable for modern society and predict the disappearance of the USofA, without making the all-too-common mistake of linking Bush and Palpatine!
<.< … >.>… Quick, while no-one’s looking:
Update with linky: NYTimes 16June2005
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