I'm linking to this loose transcript of [[Bruce Sterling]]'s talk.This phrase digital favela and high tech gothic is my own shorthand description of a future...
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Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
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