The Hyperstition-Hauntology Continuum

Rambling along, loosely arranged into chapters - working, at arm's length, from sets of notes. Talking about some science fiction, prophecies about the past and histories of the future, nationalism as analogous (tricky to use the word analogue Obviously a very condensed view - and a fairly critical view, though I don't engage particularly directly with either Land or Fisher in this piece - of the porosity of hyperstition and hauntology. Mostly accumulative rather than argumentative, as is my way. Works directly discussed: Borges, Jorge Luis. "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius." Burroughs, William S. The Electronic Revolution. Cohen, Joshua. The Netanyahus. 2021. Fisher, Mark. Flatline Constructs. Gibson, William. Burning Chrome. Gibson, William. "The Gernsback Continuum." Gibson, William. Neuromancer. Hare-way to the Stars. Directed by Chuck Jones, Warner Bros., 1958. Land, Nick. Writings on hyperstition (Cybernetic Culture Research Unit). Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash. Yeats, W. B. Cathleen ni Houlihan. 1902. Yeats, W. B. "September 1913." Yeats, W. B. "Easter, 1916." Yeats, W. B. "The Second Coming." 1919. Yeats, W. B. "Man and the Echo." 1938.