Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book.
Rudy RuckerWhen I see an old movie, like from the โ40s or โ50s or โ60s, the people look so calm. They donโt have smartphones, theyโre not looking at computer screens, theyโre taking their time. Theyโll sit in a chair and just stare off into space. I think some day weโll find our way back to that garden of Eden.
Rudy RuckerBut how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times as smart as a person.
Rudy RuckerFor me, the best thing about cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me. Now I just pretend that the whole thing is two miles below the moonโs surface, and that half the peopleโs right-brains have been eaten by roboticized steel rats. And suddenly itโs interesting again.
Rudy RuckerThe world is colors and motion, feelings and thoughts and what does math have to do with it? Not much, if 'math' means being bored in high school, but in truth mathematics is the one universal science. Mathematics is the study of pure pattern and everything in the cosmos is a kind of pattern.
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