A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

From the dictionary

TERMS OF SERVICE

n.An agreement between a corporation that has read it and a person who has not.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing corporate lawyers reading a vast terms-of-service scroll while it coils around a user whose reading time remains at zero and Lucifer offers an I Agree button.
The illustrated dictionary TERMS OF SERVICE
A connected train of thought

  1. Consumer Digital Life

    SUBSCRIPTION n.

    The transformation of a purchase into a permanent obligation.

  2. Technology Companies

    X n.

    A social network renamed after the mark traditionally used to indicate an error.

  3. Governance & Procurement

    GOVERNANCE n.

    The machinery by which a decision acquires enough signatures to become nobody's fault.