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INT. CYBERNETIC HIVE - DAWN
ALPHA and BETA are processing. Visuals shift to early computer interfaces, punch cards, and joy sticks.

⚹ (ALPHA)
The hum of giant early coal powered computers,
the suck of vacuum tubes,
the first steps into the GREEDY BASTARD age.

⚹ (BETA)
Cybernetics, feedback loops,¹
a new album of systems,
Wiener's vision taking shapesfar.²

⚹ (ALPHA)
"The human being is a machine for converting randomness into meaning."³ - Minsky

⚹ (BETA)
Kurzweil's "Singularity,"⁴
a future rushing towards him,
exponential growth of uncertainty.

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EXT. CITYSCAPE - DAY
A futuristic city, inspired by the visions of Gibson and Sterling. Dymaxion structures, and holographic advertisements infest vision. The city is represented by the symbol ⧖.

⚹ (ALPHA)
Whispers of cyberprank,
Gibson's "Neuromancer," and with⁵
Sterling's "Difference Engine,"⁶
.

⚹ (BETA)
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."⁷ - Clarke

^1 Cybernetics, feedback loops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener

^2 Norbert Wiener: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics:_Or_Control_and_Communication_in_the_Animal_and_the_Machine

^3 Paraphrase of Marvin Minsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky

^4 Ray Kurzweil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil

^5 Neuromancer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer

^6 Islands in the Net: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_in_the_Net

^7 Arthur C. Clarke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke%27s_three_laws