Word of the Day – Edgelord

• Noun: Edgelord
  1.  slang: someone who makes wildly dark and exaggerated statements (as on an internet forum) with the intent of shocking others
• Synonyms:
  1.  troll
  2. weirdo
  3. rodent
  4. scumbag
  5. hater
• Usage:
  1.  “Crucially, while you or I might read Neuromancer or watch Blade Runner and shudder at their visions of the future, billionaire tech bros surely picture themselves living in that future not as unemployed and homeless, but as edgelords ruling the world. “
• Encountered:
  1.  While reading Paul Krugman‘s substack offering: The Cyberpunking of America

Edgelord was a term I had never encountered before.  Interesting enough, I learned it from a 73 year old academician, albeit a Nobel Prize winning economist, and a self-confessed fan of science fiction.

While neither here nor there, Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies.  While deeply science fiction, it is very thought provoking at the same time exploring what it really means to be human or at least sentient with human emotions.

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