Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
Bruce SterlingHumans 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 SterlingThe future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about if you' re a science fiction novelist, but neither of them ever happens in the real world. What happens in the real world is always a sideways-case scenario. World-changing marvels to us, are only wallpaper to our children.
Bruce SterlingI like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
Bruce Sterling