Event Horizon: Scrolling in the Abyss

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Read his essay, discussed in the episode, “The Abyss”

Read my original essay entitled “Event Horizon.” This is a review of my friend and previous guest, Zero HP Lovecraft’s excellent short story “God Shaped Hole,” but its also the first place I came up with my concept of the Event Horizon, which lead to this episode

And see my twitter thread for further insight:

(btw it was Apollo 13, not Apollo 11!)

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Event Horizon as warning for the future of Western Civilization: EH is one of the best example of the “space horror” genre, clearly derived from Alien but going in a different, more prescient direction. We may use it as a metaphor for the cultural morass we’re sinking into (🧵)