Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterlingis an American science fiction author known for his novels and work on the Mirrorshades anthology. This work helped to define the cyberpunk genre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 April 1954
CountryUnited States of America
fall tyrants noble
A dagger is the noble weapon of Brutus. Everyone understands that tyrants fall to daggers. A bomb is a sordid modern device with many complex working parts. Only engineers understand bombs
attitude ambition bigger-than-life
Your attitude determines your altitude. Your ambitions are bigger than life Of course. They must be. They encompass it.
dope government worry
But even the Four Horsemen of Kidporn, Dope Dealers, Mafia and Terrorists don't worry me as much as totalitarian governments. It's been a long century, and we've had enough of them.
fire worry gorillas
Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.
dubai years two
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can be pretty sure of. The Afghan peasants who grow poppies won't get rich. The money will end up in places like Dubai.
believe information want
Information wants to be free. Believe it.
today tomorrow compost
Tomorrow composts today.
morning philosophical loss
As a philosophical problem, it comes down to a better way to engage with the passage of time; and I think we're getting close to one, because the imaginative loss of the future is becoming acute.The most effective political actors on the planet now are people who want to blow themselves up.These are people who really don't want to get out of the bed in the morning and face another unpredictable day.
mirrors cyberspace
Cyberspace is the funhouse mirror of our own society.
technological-development clouds silver
It's a truism in technological development that no silver lining comes without its cloud.
unwritten
The future isn't just unwritten, it's unsearched.
stupid profound computer
Unfortunately, computers are?stupid.Unlike human beings, computers possess the truly profound stupidity of the inanimate.
fall party innocent
In a start-up society, huge sums can fall on innocent parties, almost by accident .
organization fire worry
I've been asked to explain why I don't worry much about the topics of privacy threat...One reason is that these scenarios seem to assume that there will be large, monolithic bureaucracies...that are capable of harnessing computers for one-way surveillance of an unsuspecting populace. I've come to feel that computation just doesn't work that way. Being afraid of monolithic organizations especially when they have computers, is like being afraid of really big gorillas especially when they are on fire.