The Third Parasite project is a critical debate project influenced by the inspirational thoughts of many in the world of information theory, postmodernism, posthumanism, poststructuralism, media theory, critical theory and other related fields.

This page is intended to attribute the origins of those ideas and encourage those who encounter our advocacy specific to this project (as there are so many other great thinkers we cannot list here) to explore these original thoughts. Each represents a world of creativity and originality and should be experienced in its most direct and sincere form. Influence attributions are represented in alphabetical form (curses to the alphabetical hegemony!).

Agamben, Georgio: The State of Exception, Homo Sacer

Barlow, John P: Founding member of the EFF and all-around early Internet inspirational guy.

Cramer, Florian: Words Made Flesh which provides connection between media theory (McLuhan, Wark), literature (Joyce, Burroughs), philosophy (Deleuze, Guattari) Galloway and information theory

Debord, Guy: French Situationist, game theorist, inventor of Kriegspiel,

Deleuze & Guattari: A Thousand Plateaus, Anti-Oedipus

Evans, Charles: OSS codebreaker, MENSA member, episcopal priest, German innkeeper (Inn of the Golden Ox), student of Kierkegaard, and intellectual mentor

Francke, Warren: Mass communication professor, critical media hacker and one who showed a path toward McLuhan and the world of information theory

Galloway, Alexander: The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (with Eugene Thacker), Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization, The Unworkable Interface

Gibson, William: Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive and so many other foundational works that have defined much of how we anticipate cyberspace.

Kahle, Brewster: inventor of WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers) and Thinking Machines team member

McLuhan, Marshall: of "medium is the message" fame, media theorist, patron saint of Wired and inspirational figure to early Internet media traveller

PhiberOptik: aka Mark Abene. Helpful DMS-100 consultant in Ohio PUC vs. United Telephone

Sterling, Bruce: Islands in the Net, Schismatrix, The Difference Engine (with Gibson) and so many more wonderful read

Serres, Michel: The Parasite, Angels, The Troubadour of Knowledge, Genesis. Writer of inspirational information theory

Wark, Ken (McKenzie): A Hacker Manifesto, and Gamer Theory, are both foundational works in understanding the role the Hacker plays in the world of the Vectoral elite. Information is far from free and Wark provides post-Marxist theories that help us relate to the challenge we face as we are confronted by this territorializing, ownership-centric entity.

Washburn, Bill: Open-paradigm leader of the Commercial Internet Exchange and one of the original rhizomic leaders who lead the assault against the RBOC hierarchical telecommunications hegemony.

Zizek, Slavoj: Continental philosopher, conceptual instigator, master of analogies, teacher of the real of the virtual and much more