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 callcircumstancehome Change image and share on social
I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex. Bruce Sterling complexentertainerentertainment Change image and share on social
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 chaincutdatum share on social
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 awarecyberspacefifty share on social
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 adventureramusementarea share on social
I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. Bruce Sterling culturalesteemfigure Change image and share on social
Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music. Bruce Sterling guymusicpeople Change image and share on social
We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that '9/11'? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name. Bruce Sterling actcallcase share on social
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. Bruce Sterling basicnonfictionpay Change image and share on social
War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it. Bruce Sterling acceptknownapoleon Change image and share on social
