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		prepend on Sept 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: William Gibson is a literary genius I’d like to see a list of this stuff but it seems like Stephenson has more “predict the future” items: - crypto - oculus - metaverse - vagina defense systems - sovereign sea states - burbclaves - kindle / tablets

e12e on Sept 1, 2021 [–]

Have you read Bruce Sterling?

nautilius on Sept 1, 2021 | [–]

I read 'Islands in the net' a few years ago and thought it was contemporary before I saw it's from 1988 (!!!)...

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