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{{disaster cafe}}{{C|Mythology}}The [[2008 ISDA Master Agreement]], also known (after the [[Hunter Barkley]] novella of the same name) as the “[[Atlantis variation]]”, is an apocryphal edition of the {{isdama}}, ''almost'' completed in September 2008. It never saw the light of day, instead collapsing into a form of dark tedium that powers the universe.  
{{a|myth|{{image|mezztranches|png|''I Watched Mezzanine Tranches Glitter In The Dark'', {{vsr|2009}}}}}}The [[2008 ISDA Master Agreement]], also known (after the [[Hunter Barkley]] novella of the same name) as the “[[Atlantis variation]]”, is an apocryphal edition of the {{isdama}}, ''almost'' completed in September 2008. It never saw the light of day, instead collapsing into a form of dark tedium that powers the universe.  


According to Barkley’s dystopian vision, the {{2008ma}} was to be short, plainly worded, future-proofed and agile. It would allowing counterparties to agree trading terms with little fuss and only the cursory clerical management that could be [[legal service delivery|delivered]] through unskilled personnel in low-cost jurisdictions and, eventually, robots. It used [[distributed ledger technology]]. You know, [[blockchain]]. It would be negotiated between banks of dematerialised [[large language model]]<nowiki/>s housed, for the sense of theatre, [[Proverbial school-leaver from Bucharest|in data centres on the outskirts of Bucharest]].
According to Barkley’s dystopian vision, the {{2008ma}} was to be short, plainly worded, future-proofed and agile. It would allowing counterparties to agree trading terms with little fuss and only the cursory clerical management that could be [[legal service delivery|delivered]] through unskilled personnel in low-cost jurisdictions and, eventually, robots. It used [[distributed ledger technology]]. You know, [[blockchain]]. It would be negotiated between banks of dematerialised [[large language model]]<nowiki/>s housed, for the sense of theatre, [[Proverbial school-leaver from Bucharest|in data centres on the outskirts of Bucharest]].