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00:00:00 Wake up, Samurai
00:00:41 Capitalism bad?
00:25:59 Capitalism bad, but only sometimes
00:34:39 Be gay for just $4.99 per month
00:46:00 The God in the Shell
01:11:54 DEATH
01:35:45 The American Dream Sucks, Apparently
02:02:02 All This Tastes...Familiar

Over the last six months, I've read 11 books, studied 5 films and 2 poems, played 3 games to prepare for this video. If you feel it was worth it, leave a like/comment!

The Matrix (1999)
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Akira (1988)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
Purgatory Mount by Adam Roberts
Diaspora by Greg Egan
Neon Leviathan by TR Napper
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Cloudpunk by ION LANDS
Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red
Blade Runner (19842)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock by TS Elliot
Sailing to Byzantium by William Yeats
Deus Ex Human Revolution by Eidos Montreal
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Black Mirror — 'Nosedive'
Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott
Synners by Pat Cadigan

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Tim