My dream appliance circa 2050 has one big dial on it, and when I twist it to the right, my IQ goes up to 450.

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.

The future isn't just unwritten, it's unsearched.

One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing.

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.

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

The future is a process, not a destination. Richard Stallman is a guy my age. I sympathize with Richard rather more than I sympathize with Richard's open-source ideas, but the guy's a mortal human being and so is his social movement. Open-source is a means of production.