Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.

Quote by William Gibson

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The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

The box was a universe, a poem, frozen on the boundaries of human experience.

The box was a universe, a poem, frozen on the boundaries of human experience.

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software,...

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software,...

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

The deadliest bullshit is odorless and transparent.

The deadliest bullshit is odorless and transparent.

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits,...

It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits,...

For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this...

For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this...

I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough...

I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough...

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.

And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with...

And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with...

We see in order to move; we move in order to see.

We see in order to move; we move in order to see.

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.

A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human...

A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human...

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we...

I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we...

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers...

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control,...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control,...

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal...

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal...