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 Read Quote
I wouldn’t describe that ‘position’ as ‘parasitic.’ I’d describe that experience as ‘edifying.’ I don’t merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
Political people don’t solve stuff – not really. Political people are like guys in pop music. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
You don’t get to cut that chain of evidence and start over. You’re always going to be pursued by your data shadow, which is forming from thousands and thousands of little leaks and tributaries of information. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
I don’t think there’s much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. Bruce Sterling Read Quote
My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone? Bruce Sterling Read Quote
