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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 re back from a lecture by Bruce Sterling in Amsterdam at the Zwijger First of all Thanks for this, i had at least a laugh for the good show but also, i almost had to standup and shout. then i didn't shout so i got a bit depressed. but don't worry, writing this mail helped :) Science Fiction Science Faction with little Satisfaction http://connect.waag.org first what i would have written on the question form to be compiled (which wouldn't have gone through, being in fact a statement) - ----------------------------------------------- "I wasn't a Yuppie" Philip K. Dick - ----------------------------------------------- for Bruce Sterling televised saying that Minority Report was scripted fby uturist designers anthropology prof. Pels http://leidsewetenschappers.leidenuniv.nl/show_en.php3?medewerker_id=768 was unfortunate he didn't share his views on Science Fiction and Africa both Bruce and Pels haven't been generous to the public does creative industry means greedy on thoughts? :> i saw powerpointed images downloaded from google, but none of them matching my science fiction mental map, no real stimulus, few literary matching also. can we see something at a conference that is not on google? i had to hear Religion and CyberPunk being spoken a couple of times in the same sentence. without even a quote of "Information wants to be Free" or "CyberPunk is an attitude". gosh. i was really deluded. hey. WHERE ARE YOU ??? please don't take my caps lock as disrespectful, i'm just passionate :) let me be constructive. if you read until here and trust me this is not just a stupid rant and i'm happy you are in Amsterdam. i'll give you my answer to a question i would have liked to hear: what most cyberpunks are now? the generation you contributed to create? in short: security experts working for IT corporations we were really all influenced by Gibson and also by you Bruce, and many others. American litterature has been fabolous. for this we are thankful and very respectful. now i'm here to tell you of an emergency of the present. i'm faithful we both wish it can transform and gain consciousness of possible new alchemies. i also wish like you that terror is over, but brilliant minds are all bought by the terror industry and in best cases by monopolies of information. i'm sure you know the south italians are very practical people when it comes about raising their kids. they go for the money and do workholydays on surveillance systems in Qatar. there was a quick mention of Epistemology in your talk, too hard to engage doe, i understand, as world is on paradox. Pension funds grow capitals investing in the weapon industry that kills citizens elsewhere, meanwhile bloggers in Baghdad establish empathic links to people developing cancer in Amsterdam, chatting on Skype.. as a matter of fact weapons aren't new, but facing contradictions has never been so global and interconnected. you don't really look clueless Bruce, i mean you are very smart and wise, modestly admitting you are clueless. socratic so to say. allright :) i am honoured that i can talk to an Intelligentia like you. Rob van Kranenburg sent you some documentation of what we are soon touring about in Europe, later i plan to move across more places. if you like, we can meet in person to talk about Our Culture, 'd be idelighted. ciao - -- (_ jaromil _)(_ http://korova.dyne.org _) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGAfe9e2QxhLU0C14RAvItAJ49ipdqL13WoECds1pKi2Ld5FbRIgCfe7Dp Fn7j//gtvcCINg+vtRYiFJQ= =eF3v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net