Comments on: Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/ Code for Freedom Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Welcome to the future and it’s banal | Pinyon Labs http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-2506 Welcome to the future and it’s banal | Pinyon Labs Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:04:08 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-2506 [...] is from a Brad Paisley song titled “Everyday’s a revolution”. “It’s banal,” is from a brief piece by Bruce Sterling that he did for Webstock this year. These two guys are very different, yet they [...] [...] is from a Brad Paisley song titled “Everyday’s a revolution”. “It’s banal,” is from a brief piece by Bruce Sterling that he did for Webstock this year. These two guys are very different, yet they [...]

]]> By: All This ChittahChattah | ChittahChattah Quickies http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 All This ChittahChattah | ChittahChattah Quickies Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:02:41 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1663 [...] Bruce Sterling on the normalcy of the future – [See also our recent interactions piece: We Are Living In A Sci-Fi World] They’re phantom far-out notions gobbled up by the real world. They packed in there so deep that nobody notices them. So, yes, I can write about it. It’s just: it doesn’t look futuristic. It looks way too real. [...] [...] Bruce Sterling on the normalcy of the future – [See also our recent interactions piece: We Are Living In A Sci-Fi World] They’re phantom far-out notions gobbled up by the real world. They packed in there so deep that nobody notices them. So, yes, I can write about it. It’s just: it doesn’t look futuristic. It looks way too real. [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian · Links for 28 August 2009 through 09 September 2009 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 Stilgherrian · Links for 28 August 2009 through 09 September 2009 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:05:39 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1659 [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling: Bruce Sterling sees the Future, and it’s banal. Just like today. [...] [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling: Bruce Sterling sees the Future, and it’s banal. Just like today. [...]

]]> By: jenn http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 jenn Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:53:14 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1656 I would love to hard copy this thoughticle but my Replicating Pantograph is out of Ferro-Styrene Emulsion Powders. I would love to hard copy this thoughticle but my Replicating Pantograph is out of Ferro-Styrene Emulsion Powders.

]]> By: Qed » Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 Qed » Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:03:53 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1655 [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling. [...] [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling. [...]

]]> By: David Harmon http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 David Harmon Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:32:12 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1654 Robbo: <i>They oughta sell tickets</i> I've seen a few science fiction stories based on that idea too! ;-) Not to mention <a href="http://www.failblog.org" rel="nofollow">FailBlog</a>.... MarkHB #13: Not to mention "horseless carriage" & "automobile"-> "car" & "auto". Common things get short words. Indeed, it's wondrous how our world is changing -- but remember that the change is throttled by how much people can absorb! Robbo: They oughta sell tickets

I’ve seen a few science fiction stories based on that idea too! ;-) Not to mention FailBlog….

MarkHB #13: Not to mention “horseless carriage” & “automobile”-> “car” & “auto”. Common things get short words.

Indeed, it’s wondrous how our world is changing — but remember that the change is throttled by how much people can absorb!

]]> By: Normalcy is the future | timnhanh.us http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 Normalcy is the future | timnhanh.us Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:07:22 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1653 [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling [...] [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling [...]

]]> By: CelticBear’s Musings » Blog Archive » Normalcy of the future. http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1652 CelticBear’s Musings » Blog Archive » Normalcy of the future. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:05:30 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1652 [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling [...] [...] Words for Webstock – Bruce Sterling [...]

]]> By: Lou Shumaker http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/words-for-webstock-bruce-sterling/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 Lou Shumaker Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:20:27 +0000 http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/?p=165#comment-1651 "Er, so you deliberately chose boring uses of technology, and then extrapolated that to all uses of technology will be boring. Back to your logic class, Mr Sterling." Let me direct you to this rant by Louis CK that backs up Mr. Sterling: "Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXStPqhLmIk All technological advances are filtered through human experience. While there are many who can understanding these amazing inventions, for most people, they are tools, and our lives take precedence over our appreciation of these tools. To that woman, the location of her shoes are more important than the fact she can ask a machine that knows where her shoes are. “Er, so you deliberately chose boring uses of technology, and then extrapolated that to all uses of technology will be boring. Back to your logic class, Mr Sterling.”

Let me direct you to this rant by Louis CK that backs up Mr. Sterling: “Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXStPqhLmIk

All technological advances are filtered through human experience. While there are many who can understanding these amazing inventions, for most people, they are tools, and our lives take precedence over our appreciation of these tools.

To that woman, the location of her shoes are more important than the fact she can ask a machine that knows where her shoes are.

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