Jan Söderqvist (born 1961) is an author, lecturer, writer and consultant, and among other things also working as a

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and film critic for the Swedish newspaper

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. Söderqvist has written three books on the Internet revolution, collectively known as ''The Futurica Trilogy'', together with TV personality

Alexander Bard Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard (born 17 March 1961) is a Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside ...

. Their first collaboration ''The Netocrats'' was originally released in

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in 2000, became available in English in 2003, and has since been translated to a further 16 languages with total worldwide sales exceeding 340,000 copies. The second book ''The Global Empire'' was originally released in Swedish in 2003, while the third installment of the trilogy ''The Body Machines'' was originally published in Swedish in 2009. These latter two works were released in English in 2012, completing ''The Futurica Trilogy'', in which the authors present their philosophical vision for a

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and increasingly virtual society, as a consequence of the Internet revolution. Söderqvist and Bard released

Syntheism Syntheism is a new religious movement that is focused on how atheists and pantheists can achieve the same feelings of community and awe experienced in traditional theistic religions.. The Syntheist Movement sees itself as the practical realisati ...

: Creating God in the Internet Age, focusing on the

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of the

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, in October 2014. Söderqvist is known as a critic of laws regulating

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and is one of the 15 founders of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderqvist, Jan 1961 births Living people Swedish journalists Founders of new religious movements 20th-century Swedish writers 20th-century Swedish male writers 21st-century Swedish writers 21st-century male writers