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Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling
American Writer
Born: Apr 14, 1954
About Guys People War Will You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
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
Work War Genocide Cloud Mushroom Would Weapons Some Case Give Disappeared Name Call Were Huge Up Rogue Shooting Committed May Maybe Different Urban Serious Washington Event Why Acts Nuclear Nuclear Weapons
If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next. Bruce Sterling
Will Military Find Pockets Fact Come Supposed Around Itself Hands Wondering In Fact Then Us US Military Next Standing Bin Publicly
Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no longer technically possible. Bruce Sterling
Work War Technically Drop Aggressive Possible Hat Longer Go However Very Scrappy Going Land Standard Humans
They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there will still be no conventional war. Bruce Sterling
War Will Seen Too Insane Madmen Take Unthinkable Still Conventional Place Used Acts
I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex. Bruce Sterling
Complex Entertainer
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
Experience Live Distance Critical Parasitic Write Merely Around Intellectual Describe Actually Here Position
I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy. Bruce Sterling
Love Time Good Me Happy Clouds September Sun Out Had Since Like Felt Came Italy Just Ages Really
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
Today Punk Once Hooked Scenarios Student Became How Am Cultural Esteemed Screwed-Up Figure
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
Politics Business World Will Met Military Ecological Developing Fail Developing World Disasters Massive Course Repeated Quite Commonly Us
I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere. Bruce Sterling
Better Think Everywhere Distinction General Between Surveillance Much Means Media
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
Trend Universe Security Small Small Part Part Economically Come Cam Effect Going Politically Much Larger Socially
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
You Evidence Thousands Shadow Data Pursued Over Leaks Always Get Going Information Which Forming Little Cut Your Chain Start
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote. Bruce Sterling
Property Vote Legal Own Other Bruce Data Write Name Sterling Also Identities Which Public Novels Two
The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing. Bruce Sterling
Ignorance Increasing Ability Data Various Accumulate Ends Manipulate Declining Level
One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing. Bruce Sterling
Everything Distractions About Points
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
Saying You Song Political Cynical Top Solution Stay About Write Like Forever List Going Pop Pop Song Many Illusions

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