Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

8

1 RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

10

Our virtual history

10

Pixel generation

13

Meme machines

18

The shock of the new

28

2 THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

35

Beginnings

35

Art types

45

Happiness is a warm gun

46

In my mind and in my car

51

Might as well jump

56

Sometimes you kick

61

Heaven in here

66

Two tribes

69

Running up that hill

72

It’s a kind of magic

75

We can work it out

79

Family fortunes

82

3 UNREAL CITIES

85

Let’s get physical

85

Let’s stick together

95

Life in plastic

101

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