November 13, 2023

I was paging through a large coffee table book on the internet. A friend walked by and commented that it must be super out of date by this point due to the nature of its subject matter. I said that I hadn’t thought of that when I bought it. I was more interested in its analysis of social dynamics rather than the technology involved. The 20 or so pages at the end of the book was dedicated to pictures of moot. All of the pictures seemed to be distinct from the handful that were in common circulation around the internet.

“Well, if it’s the man himself”, another friend nearby commented, “Tim Hook.” There was a brief pause. We all knew it was the wrong name but we fumbled over trying to recall moot’s actual name.

“You mean Cook.”

“Chris.”

“Poole.”

“Right.”

We came to the conclusion that this section featuring never-before-seen photos of the elusive founder was probably what most people really bought the book for.