The future looks a bit bleak to me.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.

Maybe because we're photosynthesizing we'll do more work outside. So our laptops will have to get rid of these damn glossy screens that have become so popular. And then we'll sit around outside, sucking up sun, getting fat and green, and surfing the net.

For me as a kid, reading cyberpunk was like seeing the world for the first time. Gibson's Neuromancer wasn't just stylistically stunning; it felt like the template for a future that we were actively building. I remember reading Sterling's Islands in the Net and suddenly understanding the disruptive potential of technology once it got out into the street. Cyberpunk felt urgent. It wasn't the future 15 minutes out - it was the future sideswiping you and leaving you in a full-body cast as it passed by.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.