Extra Future

Day: January 7, 2010

  • Two Gentlemen of Lebowski

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    Phil Nelson
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    >[Lebowski, then,][link] > >Did call himself ‘the Knave’, a name that I, > >Your humble chorus, would not self-apply > >In homelands mine [link]: http://www.runleiarun.com/lebowski/ “Two Gentlemen of Lebowski”

  • Bruce Sterling’s State of the World 2010

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Sterling is, as always, a funny-but-teriffying doom-prophet][link], but without the thin hope for mankind that Bill had in his heart. >Okay, you’ve treated your future as an “unpredictable lurching thing…” and now you’re all morose about that… You and your generation CREATED that situation! Ever heard of “disruptive innovation,” “disintermediation,” “offshoring,” “small pieces loosely joined,”…