Joe Pompeo
Joe Pompeo explores Mondo 2000, a cyberpunk magazine that blended techno-futurism, psychedelics, and early Internet visions, highlighting its influence on today's digital culture. He discusses its rise in the early 1990s, its recent revival in "MONDO VISION," and editor R.U. Sirius's insights on the magazine's accurate predictions about technology's impact on society.
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Joe Pompeo revisits Mondo 2000, the wild cyberpunk magazine that mixed techno-futurism, psychedelics, smart drugs, and early Internet visions in a vividly collaged, psychedelic print aesthetic that anticipated much of today’s digital culture. He traces its rise in the early 1990s, its recent visual revival in the book “MONDO VISION,” and editor R.U. Sirius’s reflections on how the once-mocked magazine accurately foresaw the world moving online and technology reshaping everything.
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