Kraftwerk and Devo

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/07/kraftwerk-review

Of course Kraftwerk and Devo are two separate bands each with their own audio-visual styles.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/27/kraftwerk-most-influential-electronic-band-tate

Kraftwerk started up a little before Devo, but they both became very popular by the 1980s.

http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/30devokraftwerk.html

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Choice_(album) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU

https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/devo-mark-mothersbaugh-music-that-made-him-interview

https://www.ideastream.org/news/fun-facts-about-influential-rock-hall-inductees-kraftwerk

https://www.vice.com/en/article/43p97n/devo-mark-mothersbaugh-gerald-casale-anniversary-interview-2018

https://twitter.com/DEVO

Devo - What We Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp2tQ75pTD0

Beautiful World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLlmcJc4mco

https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/Kraftwerk/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Kraftwerk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=DEVO

Bustling Megacities vs. the Lame Planned-opolis...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-_a0TCWb6E

Top 10 Most Populated Cities in The World 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bppn3b_HSKc

Top 10 Biggest Cities By 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJsHK_XbcM

As cities get larger, more modes of transportation and housing, along with parks and recreation facilities needs to be provided. 

The Planned-opolis is almost like turning a person into living like a mouse in a maze or a lab rat...

Planned-opolis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSvb_ZTYS6A This is one of the most lame & condescending videos about imposing a totalitarian technocracy, ever produced. Humans beings conditioned to live in a hamster habitat. 

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/01/03/03climatewire-predicting-the-climate-changed-city-of-the-f-70805.html

While its important to maintain law and order, too much urban control could make things seem more like a dystopian nightmare.

https://insteading.com/blog/planned-opolis

https://www.forumforthefuture.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=90b7e1fd-10f8-4caa-b02e-f6fa9e60efe8

The combination of having smartphones and robots granting clearance or permission of limited freedom of mobility for the day, could easily become a totalitarian system.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/the-world-in-2045-according-to-pentagon-researchers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRkkeecg7c

A planned-oppolis and technocracy system forged through a global reset just might turn things into an ugly world of control and servitude.

DEVO | Beautiful World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omEX35pbelI

Devo - Freedom Of Choice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU , 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos

"The world is a vampire..."

https://genius.com/The-smashing-pumpkins-bullet-with-butterfly-wings-lyrics

"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage..." Billy Corgan , https://www.youtube.com/c/smashingpumpkins/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

With food stamps set to dry up Nov. 1, SNAP recipients say they fear what's next

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snap-benefits-food-stamps-november-shutdown/ 

Could food riots become an excuse to impose martial law? Several people are already uncomfortable seeing the military on some American streets. 

DEVO’s Gerald V. Casale | Phunk Investigation | Max Papeschi | It’s All Devo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42MVKHRb7k8

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=food+riots

The rise of the (A.I.) mega-corporations | DW Documentary

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy8ogOaKk4Y

The Cybernetic Future Of Humanity | Future Human A.I. | Spark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKm5S76iJSw

Artificial intelligence and algorithms: pros and cons | DW Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0dMTAQM4cw

AI can be a wonderful tool for humanity, as long as people aren't tricked or forced into becoming like the Borg. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg

The World in 2050 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNVh_HMX2IY

How Far is Too Far? | The Age of A.I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsrzCVZAb8 (2019)

A History of the Borg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxPTk9gR54

Borg Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg

Jack Meets The Tet (End Scene) | Oblivion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEuYGAoq2I

Devo - "Beautiful World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

 https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/ubco-study-debunks-the-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation 

Sometimes just starting out small can help one to see a much larger picture of things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_simulation_game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3 , https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?30542

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/DanielFGalouye-Simulacron-3.jpg 

Of course there is too much data to accurately simulate things on a cosmic scale, but on a city scale and a planetary scale, that's a different situation. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_simulation_game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimEarth , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor 

What if someone flips the switch, or pulls the plug on this world? Has it happened before?

"Beautiful World" is from Devo’s 1981 album New Traditionalists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gbYjLd93g&list=RDE-gbYjLd93g&start_radio=1  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Evolution#Music_video , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI  

How many times has this world been rebooted or reset?

https://answersingenesis.org/bible-questions/what-does-replenish-the-earth-mean 

https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/GEN.1.28 Perhaps it was deemed to be too unsettling that this world might be on some kind of a cosmic loop.

https://creation.com/en/articles/genesis-1-28-replenish-or-fill  

https://answersingenesis.org/bible-characters/noah/noah-after-the-flood-lessons-from-his-indiscretion/ 

https://arkencounter.com/flood/after So, whether one considers Pre-Adamite times, the flood was either the first or the second reset of this world.  

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021&version=NIV 

https://biblehub.com/revelation/21-1.htm Then, at this point in the story whether one considers Pre-Adamite times, a-new-earth would either be the second or 3rd reset of this world.  

https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/heaven-and-the-new-earth-from-the-bible-and-c-s-lewis 

Two or 3 reboots or resets and that's just from the Bible. 

Various cultures imply that this world is in a cyclical pattern. How many times has this world been on a loop, 4 or 5...?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_World_(mythology)

https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the-westworld-finale-proves-were-all-on-this-loop-together.php

https://acsforum.org/cyclical-history-and-the-politics-of-mysticism/

https://www.wisdomlib.org/concept/cyclic-existence

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2241&context=ccr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_time

https://benjamincain8.medium.com/cycles-progress-and-the-clash-of-civilizations-880a6610c222

https://lfs-indigenous.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2014/07/CyclicalWorldviewEngFinal.pdf 

https://www.britannica.com/science/time/Cyclic-view-of-time-in-the-philosophy-of-history 

https://fiveable.me/key-terms/introduction-to-native-american-studies/cyclical-time 

https://www.theringer.com/2020/03/22/tv/westworld-season-3-episode-2-recap-maeve-simulations

https://www.vulture.com/article/westworld-season-4-finale-explained-lisa-joy.html 

https://www.tvinsider.com/1056482/westworld-season-4-finale-explained-dolores-season-5-renewal Perhaps someday there might be a 5th season or a big finale.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_World_(mythology) 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+universe+is+not+a+computer+simulation

The Prophecy of ManBearPig and other MONSTERS

Prophecy is essentially a mutant or monster story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_(film)#Plot

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/prophecy-1979-a-bad-monster-movie

https://macguff.in/macguffin-spotlight/the-tomb-of-terror-prophecy-1979

https://movie-monster.fandom.com/wiki/Katahdin

https://moviechat.org/tt0079758/Prophecy/58c7355f5ec57f0478fa1e28/Manbearpig

https://www.reddit.com/r/southpark/comments/ex2dm2/is_the_design_of_manbearpig_based_off_of_the 

Perhaps MBP could potentially become its own monster story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManBearPig

A composite creature or mutant beast on the loose movie, could possibly feature something like MBP.

https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/ManBearPig_(Character)

Annihilation could be considered to be a monster movie of sorts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation_(film)#Plot

An ET entity can create composite beings or mutants and mimic people and things.

Annihilation (2018) - The Mutant Bear Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0bvyIEHcs

ANNIHILATION (2018) Ending Explained + Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94h-PKyh64 , https://www.youtube.com/c/FoundFlix/videos

Annihilation Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5TsNHlSDU , https://www.youtube.com/c/AltShiftX/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_(American_TV_series) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Px43Z748UI , https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3693973/monsters-still-one-time-best-horror-anthology-shows-tv-terrors

11 Blood-Curdling 80's Monsters TV Series Episodes Explored - Epitome Of Creature Practical Effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vba_xLctsw0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/MarvelousVideos/videos

Top 10 Scariest TV Monsters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgvZBcSQYQ0 , https://www.youtube.com/user/WatchMojo/videos

DEVO - Monsterman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrijrV5cYs , https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Monsters

DEVO and Billy Corgan interview

The Magnificent Others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcnvV6PFGO0 

Devolutionary times - Episode 1: the Beginning was The End - The Truth About De-Evolution 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzkOsADr74

Humanity’s just one misunderstanding away from ‘nuclear annihilation’ warns UN chief

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/08/1123752

Such a big world changing decision is only made by a very small percentage of the population.

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-62381425

The problem is that any average person has no effective choice to stop the use of such weapons.

https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/02/world-one-step-from-nuclear-annihilation-says-un-chief

Therefore, if any cities or nations are destroyed, it's from a much higher level of people. Not just the military, but an overall power structure.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/world-one-miscalculation-away-from-nuclear-annihilation-un-chief-says

So if the entire world or even just part of it is destroyed, it is as a result of the power structure wanting to take that course of action.

DEVO - Beautiful World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos

Even if there is never quite a global nuclear war, some people think that there should be a lot more nuclear+power plants constructed. That way even more toxic waste can be created. The problem is, that most people wouldn't benefit from more nuclear waste, any more than from a global nuclear war.

Doomsday Clock moves 4 seconds closer to midnight amid AI and nuclear risks

 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/doomsday-clock-85-seconds-21317839.php , houstonchronicle.com

How much of this is hype and B$ and how much is actually a legitimate warning?

https://time.com/7358249/doomsday-clock-midnight/ 

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/atomic-scientists-set-doomsday-clock-closer-midnight-than-ever-2026-01-27 

https://apnews.com/article/doomsday-clock-midnight-nuclear-climate-humanity-da3566c5d3b972952b6cf03b13fb7e7f

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/science/doomsday-clock-2026-time-wellness  

Since 2012, the Doomsday Clock time has either shifted closer to midnight or stayed the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fM8Zy9Jq5Y 

"Beautiful World" is from Devo’s 1981 album New Traditionalists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gbYjLd93g , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_World_(Devo_song)#Promotional_music_video

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI (1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Evolution#Video_summary  

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0&list=RD8-r-V0uK4u0&start_radio=1 The World is (still) a Vampire!

Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his thoughts on war

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9NG068TwI , https://www.youtube.com/@StarTalk/videos   

Bob Dylan - Masters of War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEmI_FT4YHU  

"Beautiful World" is from Devo’s 1981 album New Traditionalists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gbYjLd93g  

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=war 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Israel-Iran+war+costs

A Truck Hauling COVID, Herpes-Infected Monkeys Overturns Beautiful World

 https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/truck-hauling-covid-herpes-infected-monkeys-overturns 

It might be a good idea to have a safer transport method.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/truck-monkeys-mississippi-tulane-missing-b2854099.html 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/29/herpes-covid-infected-monkeys-escape-from-crashed-truck/ 

https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/aggressive-monkey-infected-with-covid-and-stis-running-loose-in-mississippi-after-transport-truck-overturns-sheriff/ 

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2025/10/28/monkeys-with-disease-hepatitis-c-herpes-and-covid-escape-in-mississippi/86950764007/ 

Eventually, the story was changed to non-infected monkeys. 

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/lab-monkeys-escape-overturned-truck-near-heidelberg-mississippi-but-are-not-infected 

A big question remains, how many escaped or lost lab animals are there every year?

https://tubitv.com/movies/100015639/the-plague-monkeys , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110842 

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/after-watching-the-plague-dogs

DEVO Beautiful World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gbYjLd93g

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=monkeys

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=lab+animals