SciFi author, of the Cyber Punk variety.

weblog http://blog.wired.com/sterling/

Founder of the Viridian Design movement.

A bit nasty about people hoping to treat online life as a TAZ

In [Zeit Geist] ISBN:0553576410 [Leggy Starlitz] says If I had to pick just one term, I think I'm best described as a "[Systems Analyst]". (It's weird reading in 2003 a book that talks a lot about TurKey and Culture War but was written in 1999...) (it's even weirder having the Cyprus wall come down the week after I read it)

• in related interview *"Societies still have a future," says the reformed futurist. "That's very obvious, but they've rejected consensus myths of The Future. The Future is discredited; no one dares to declare that their dreams will surely come true. To declare that the Forces of History favor you is seen as ideological, fanatical, imperialistic, phallocentric, anti-market, deterministic, statist, arrogant. Pick your dismissal."*

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