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Set in a fluctuating spacetime that [[waiver]]s crazily between the [[present]], [[future]] and [[past]] — Barkley went so far as to invent a whole new tense, the “plumperfect present”, to deal with events which, he said, could only be located probabilistically in [[spacetime]] — but orbiting around one queasy weekend in September 2008, {{br|The Atlantis Variation}} concerns the machinations of a malign [[Clavam Hominum Senum Pallidorum|secret society of stuffy old men]] working in the bowels of the great institutions of their day, to produce the [[2008 ISDA Master Agreement]], known under its working title as the “Project Atlantis”. | Set in a fluctuating spacetime that [[waiver]]s crazily between the [[present]], [[future]] and [[past]] — Barkley went so far as to invent a whole new tense, the “plumperfect present”, to deal with events which, he said, could only be located probabilistically in [[spacetime]] — but orbiting around one queasy weekend in September 2008, {{br|The Atlantis Variation}} concerns the machinations of a malign [[Clavam Hominum Senum Pallidorum|secret society of stuffy old men]] working in the bowels of the great institutions of their day, to produce the [[2008 ISDA Master Agreement]], known under its working title as the “Project Atlantis”. | ||
The Atlantis Variation was to be a definitive, final, [[flawed asset|flawless]]<ref>There was to be no Section {{isdaprov|2(a)(iii)}}<> apocalyptic edition of the {{isdama}} that was ''almost'' completed in 2008, only prevented by the intervening near total financial destruction of the planet. It never saw the light of day, instead collapsing into a form of dark tedium that continues to upset those who would seek to harness the power of the universe. | The Atlantis Variation was to be a definitive, final, [[flawed asset|flawless]]<ref>There was to be no Section {{isdaprov|2(a)(iii)}}</ref> apocalyptic edition of the {{isdama}} that was ''almost'' completed in 2008, only prevented by the intervening near total financial destruction of the planet. It never saw the light of day, instead collapsing into a form of dark tedium that continues to upset those who would seek to harness the power of the universe. | ||
According to Barkley’s dystopian vision, the {{2008ma}} was to be short, plainly worded, future-proofed and agile. It would allow counterparties to agree robust trading terms with little fuss and only the cursory clerical management delivered through unskilled personnel in low-cost jurisdictions and, eventually, [[chatbot]]s. | According to Barkley’s dystopian vision, the {{2008ma}} was to be short, plainly worded, future-proofed and agile. It would allow counterparties to agree robust trading terms with little fuss and only the cursory clerical management delivered through unskilled personnel in low-cost jurisdictions and, eventually, [[chatbot]]s. | ||