Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.
Bruce Sterling annually addresses the State of the World and Things Various and Sundry.
It’s very amusing, scary and thoughtful.
… the polarity of the world is changing, literally and figuratively; the climate’s wonky, the economy’s tumbling like a house of cards in a demented wind, political will is weak and the body politic is disfigured in ways that are gross and fascinating.
It’s a circus, and the tent’s on fire.
I asked around for thoughts about what we should discuss, and got this from science-fiction author, Internet maven, and new Dad, Cory Doctorow:
… If you were in my shoes, what concrete, discrete, individual steps would you take on behalf of your snoring little toddler? “
read Sterling’s rambling answer on The WELL
… The WELL?
Is that online community still around?
They haven’t moved to Facebook or Friendfeed?
Rick McCharles 