[lbo-talk] William Gibson: Please stop using the term "cyberspace" now

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 29 13:53:34 PST 2006


"If I had that word, it would be the title of my next book. I think cyberspace is past its sell-by." - William Gibson

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/start.html?pg=10


>From a recent interview in Wired Magazine. Come to
think of it, isn't 90s libertarian "cyber-culture" mag Wired also past its prime? It's kind of like wearing big pants and Dr. Pepper lip gloss to go see Titanic, no? Does anyone really still read it?

There's a famous 1997 cover of Wired predicting the demise of Apple, with the Apple logo in bleeding barbed wire.

-B.

PS. I hear Luscious Jackson and Prodigy are coming to town soon! Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic, baby!



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