
1998
All ideas are true. Every idea in the world is wrong. If it sleeps, it’s alive. It’s all fake. No sex, no money, no free will. Loneliness is fun. Thinking about the future means you want something. Earthly sadness. Even more real than you. One day you will speak with yourself. Destiny is corny. The future is more extreme than you think. Reject every idea. In the future everything will cost money. No imperial children. The future and the afterlife are different things altogether. Everybody’s lying. Extreme body failure. Dreaming even though you’re awake… and after America? Your dreams of war alarm you. Nation or ant colony? Steel mink beef music. The past is a bad idea. 2000 is silly. Progress is over. Fun is stupid. The future is fake. Infinity is artificial. Everything is brand-new. One idea will win. Super power. Your message here. Stop breathing. 3, 2, 1, zero. The End.
From wikipedia.org
Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and Generation X. He has published thirteen novels, a collection of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. Coupland has been described as “…possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture writing today.” and “one of the great satirists of consumerism”. A specific feature of Coupland’s novels is their synthesis of postmodern religion, Web 2.0 technology, human sexuality, and pop culture.