https://trance-scripts.com/2026/06/18/names-and-nyms/Trance-Scriptsen2026-06-18T22:03:37+00:00Names and NymsUrsula K. Le Guin, Literature, Technology, Fantasy, Imagination, Thomas Pynchon, Magic, Simulation, Books, Identity, The Future, Surveillance, Science Fiction, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberpunk, Change, Occultism, Computers, Names, Ted Nelson, Set, Prometheanism, Portals, Prophecy, Kevin Kelly, Portal Fantasy, Computer Science, Language Generators, William Gibson, Prometheus, LLMs, Large Language Models, Alan Turing, Singularity, Prediction, Neuromancer, Machine Intelligence, Automation, Cyberspace, Literature & Artificial Intelligence, Machines, Leviathan, Vernor Vinge, "The Coming Technological Singularity", Blockchain, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, True Names, Shira Chess, The Unseen Internet, Chaos Magic, Don Webb, "The Rites of Cyberspace", Vannevar Bush, Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Pseudonyms, Danny Hillis, "The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto", Vineland, Tim May, Anonymity, "True Nyms and Crypto Anarchy", Turing Test, The Shockwave Rider, A Wizard of Earthsea, Internet Culture, Government Surveillance