2025/11/28

Julian Bleecker Traces the Origins of CCRU Coinage ‘Hyperstition’

“The combination of hype and superstition is a useful way to think about how certain ideas or narratives can gain traction and influence reality. It suggests that when a concept is widely circulated and believed, it can create a feedback loop that reinforces its own existence and impact.”
– Design fiction researcher Julian Bleecker, on hyperstition—the concept of fiction becoming real through belief popularized by the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU) in the 1990s. [quote edited]
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