Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.

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.

Everybody has a different Internet.

A set of Bollywood actresses are coming through Dallas soon in a live tour; I'd pay a lot to see them, but alas, I'm fully booked elsewhere.

Anything that can be done to a rat can be done to a human being. And we can do most anything to rats. This is a hard thing to think about, but it's the truth. It won't go away because we cover our eyes. THAT is cyberpunk.

Your attitude determines your altitude. Your ambitions are bigger than life Of course. They must be. They encompass it.

Don't become a well rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and ull. Become a thoroughly spiky person.