Mike Barthel

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Writer, critic, researcher. Fiction in a bunch of places. Writing a speculative novel and a book for DUP “Singles” about “Party in the USA.” Ex-Pew, Awl, blogs. mikebarthelauthor.com

Joined February 2024

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Joe Berkowitz joeberkowitz.bsky.social · May 11
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I talked with the filmmakers behind 1995’s The Net and Hackers, 30 years later, to explore what the earliest movies about the internet got right and wrong about life in our glorious online future.
30 years ago, ‘Hackers’ and ‘The Net’ predicted the possibilities—and horrors—of internet life

In the mid-’90s, the earliest films about internet culture arrived. The creators look back at the films and their predictions for life online.

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Mike Barthel mikebarthel.bsky.social · May 9
POPE IS FROM CHICAGO POPE IS FROM CHICAGO

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Mike Barthel

30 years ago, ‘Hackers’ and ‘The Net’ predicted the possibilities—and horrors—of internet life