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Bruce Sterling Quotes

Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone’s illiterate, but you wouldn’t really call that privacy. That’s ignorance Picture Quote #1

Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that’s going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don’t have many illusions about this, but I’m not cynical about it Picture Quote #1

The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing Picture Quote #1

You know what’s truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they’re all social inventions. When the sun comes up in the morning it’s shining on the same physical landscape, all the atoms are in place Picture Quote #1

Information is not power. If information were power, then librarians would be the most powerful people on the planet Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It’s about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life Picture Quote #1

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You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t aim to be civilized. Don’t hope that straight people will keep you on as some sort of pet. To hell with them, they put you here. You should realize what society has made of you and take full revenge. Get weird. Get way weird. Get dangerously weird. Get sophisticatedly thoroughly weird and don’t do it half way, put every ounce of your horse power into it. Have the artistic courage to realize your significance in culture Picture Quote #1

When you can’t imagine how things are going to change, that doesn’t mean that nothing will change. It means that things will change in ways that are unimaginable Picture Quote #1

Don’t become a well rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and ull. Become a thoroughly spiky person Picture Quote #1

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them Picture Quote #1

It’s a truism in technological development that no silver lining comes without its cloud Picture Quote #1

Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it’s on fire Picture Quote #1

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I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away. It was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet Picture Quote #1

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he’s relatively new, but I don’t know how long he’s been doing it; he probably doesn’t need the publicity anymore Picture Quote #1

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Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone’s illiterate, but you wouldn’t really call that privacy. That’s ignorance (Bruce Sterling Quotes) Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that’s going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don’t have many illusions about this, but I’m not cynical about it (Bruce Sterling Quotes) The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing (Bruce Sterling Quotes) You know what’s truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they’re all social inventions. When the sun comes up in the morning it’s shining on the same physical landscape, all the atoms are in place (Bruce Sterling Quotes) Information is not power. If information were power, then librarians would be the most powerful people on the planet (Bruce Sterling Quotes) Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It’s about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life (Bruce Sterling Quotes) You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t aim to be civilized. Don’t hope that straight people will keep you on as some sort of pet. To hell with them, they put you here. You should realize what society has made of you and take full revenge. Get weird. Get way weird. Get dangerously weird. Get sophisticatedly thoroughly weird and don’t do it half way, put every ounce of your horse power into it. Have the artistic courage to realize your significance in culture (Bruce Sterling Quotes) When you can’t imagine how things are going to change, that doesn’t mean that nothing will change. It means that things will change in ways that are unimaginable (Bruce Sterling Quotes) Don’t become a well rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and ull. Become a thoroughly spiky person (Bruce Sterling Quotes) The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them (Bruce Sterling Quotes) It’s a truism in technological development that no silver lining comes without its cloud (Bruce Sterling Quotes) Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it’s on fire (Bruce Sterling Quotes) I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away. It was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet (Bruce Sterling Quotes) Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he’s relatively new, but I don’t know how long he’s been doing it; he probably doesn’t need the publicity anymore (Bruce Sterling Quotes)

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