Santiago answers “Hiro Protagonist, really? Should I be...”

Sam asked this question about Snow Crash:

Hiro Protagonist, really? Should I be worried about the startling lack of imagination this displays?

Santiago Arizti When I first read his name, Hiro Protagonist, I sort of found a conection with how most people when they first open an email account (hotmail for exam…moreWhen I first read his name, Hiro Protagonist, I sort of found a conection with how most people when they first open an email account (hotmail for example) or create an online username (twitter for example), they tend to pick something cheeky and stupid, only to find 10 years later that changing a username is more cumbersome than expected. I have seen formal CVs of people applying for real-life jobs with crazyboy88@hotmail.com-like emails on them!(less)

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