June 28, 2018
Mona List Overdrive has come true. And Pattern Recognition is on the horizon.
I knew that Dominos was paving Americaâs roads, but I didnât realize they were branding them.
Farhad Manjoo has a good article in the NYT titled How Tech Companies Conquered Americaâs Cities. A key trope in sci-fi is that corporations will take over, well, everything. And, now that corporations are considered people (at least partially), why shouldnât they take over?
Would it be weird if I sold sponsorship rights to my first name? âDominos Feldâ anyone? Or maybe âAmazon Feld.â
As usual, Neal Stephenson and Wiliam Gibson were (and continue to be) prescient about our future. Iâm considering taking all the labels off of everything I own. And, if you are interested in sponsoring my first name, Iâm open to offers and suggestions.
Also published on Medium.