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Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

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[-] Infynis@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

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

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

There's also Palantir, which does exactly what you think

[-] redditcandoone@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Which is annoying because it's a fucking good name.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

"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?

[-] odium@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Crazy to think they named Norse gods after the protagonist of the wheel of time.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Almost teleological in its implications!

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