Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter Four:Special Rules and Systems (section)

=== Oscilloscope: ===

A popular style during the "golden age of science fiction" and a little bit beyond―from the late 40s to the late 70s―"Oscilloscope" was the first aesthetic that actually received a name, rather than "that style that the geniuses in California are into now" or whatever. Oscilloscope style focuses on plastic, aluminum, chrome, atomic power, jets, and radio technology. Expect big computers, angular machinery in that off-beige "old PC" color, and track suits. It is deeply uncool among modern geniuses, and practically marks one as an Atomist, for whom the Jet Age and Space Age dreams have yet to die. A few young geniuses have begun wearing this style ironically, or mixing it with Extropic, but the Oscilloscope aesthetic is still associated with earlier generations.