Comments on: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: "State of the World 2012" http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jonlebkowsky http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1312482 jonlebkowsky Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1312482 I think we'll try to find ways that the world isn't screwed, and talk about those, too. I think we’ll try to find ways that the world isn’t screwed, and talk about those, too.

]]> By: Mari Lwyd http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311958 Mari Lwyd Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311958 Congrats, you got mentioned! http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/430/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html#post25  Congrats, you got mentioned!
http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/430/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html#post25 

]]> By: dorkhero http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311924 dorkhero Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311924 Yet, somehow, the world muddles through, like it does every year, and will continue to do so long after we are gone. We are only important to ourselves, and it is very important right now that I go get a cookie. Yet, somehow, the world muddles through, like it does every year, and will continue to do so long after we are gone. We are only important to ourselves, and it is very important right now that I go get a cookie.

]]> By: Nicholas MacDonald http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311869 Nicholas MacDonald Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311869 For some people, the New Year means a party in Times Square. For others, it's the CCTV Variety Show. For me, it's two aging cyberpunks going on about how the world is screwed. Good stuff. For some people, the New Year means a party in Times Square. For others, it’s the CCTV Variety Show. For me, it’s two aging cyberpunks going on about how the world is screwed. Good stuff.

]]> By: . . http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311687 . . Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311687 That was a huge mess. No format, no questions, no conversation, who's talking, I don't know, what all this about Italy, a list of loony issues no one talks about any more, and then it ends on page 1. Huh? That was a huge mess. No format, no questions, no conversation, who’s talking, I don’t know, what all this about Italy, a list of loony issues no one talks about any more, and then it ends on page 1. Huh?

]]> By: jonlebkowsky http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311556 jonlebkowsky Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311556 We use all sorts of tech, but a basic text interface can be very powerful for this sorta thing. We use all sorts of tech, but a basic text interface can be very powerful for this sorta thing.

]]> By: Dv Revolutionary http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311542 Dv Revolutionary Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311542 I suppose we could break it up into 4 or 5 pages and put ads on the top and side of every page if it would make you feel better. I suppose we could break it up into 4 or 5 pages and put ads on the top and side of every page if it would make you feel better.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311524 B E Pratt Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311524 Lord :) Way cute Lord :) Way cute

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311520 B E Pratt Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311520 I guess I've been following Bruce since, well, before the beginning. I was gobswached to find that he had a published novel [Involution Ocean] and then that later he jumpstarted the entire field of SF . Uh, he deserves a medal of sumthin I guess I’ve been following Bruce since, well, before the beginning. I was gobswached to find that he had a published novel [Involution Ocean] and then that later he jumpstarted the entire field of SF . Uh, he deserves a medal of sumthin

]]> By: ultranaut http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311498 ultranaut Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311498 I look forward to reading these things every year. Bruce Sterling is mindfuckingly brilliant I look forward to reading these things every year. Bruce Sterling is mindfuckingly brilliant

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311476 SamSam Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311476 Not knowing what Bruce Sterling looks like, the photo rather took me aback. The rock in front of him and the scarf around his neck conspire to make him look rather like a role-playing elf. Elrond, probably. You'll see it if you imagine the rock to be behind him. http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr95/Aenain/Elrond/Elrond_eyebrowsA.jpg Not knowing what Bruce Sterling looks like, the photo rather took me aback. The rock in front of him and the scarf around his neck conspire to make him look rather like a role-playing elf. Elrond, probably.

You’ll see it if you imagine the rock to be behind him.

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr95/Aenain/Elrond/Elrond_eyebrowsA.jpg

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311420 Stefan Jones Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311420 It's The WELL, the primordial ur-Forum. It’s The WELL, the primordial ur-Forum.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311391 Marc Mielke Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311391 Very interesting, but I was kind of put off by the 90's-USENET sort of format. For a couple of futurists, isn't this sort of like writing on stone tablets or in Shakespearean verse?  Very interesting, but I was kind of put off by the 90′s-USENET sort of format. For a couple of futurists, isn’t this sort of like writing on stone tablets or in Shakespearean verse? 

]]> By: terry childers http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311369 terry childers Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311369 been a long time since i saw anything from mr sterling. nice to see he's still rad. been a long time since i saw anything from mr sterling. nice to see he’s still rad.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/bruce-sterling-and-jon-lebkows.html#comment-1311359 Stefan Jones Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137512#comment-1311359 This is must-read folks. This is must-read folks.

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