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

Quote by William Gibson

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by...

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by...

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.

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...

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...

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.

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,...

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

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

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.

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,...

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...

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,...

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show....

We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show....