http://futurismic.com/2009/02/11/interview-bruce-sterling-on-caryatids-viridian-and-the-death-of-print/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://futurismic.com/2009/02/11/interview-bruce-sterling-on-caryatids-viridian-and-the-death-of-print/comment-page-1/#comment-18998 Madeline Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:38:20 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5782#comment-18998 Actually, I quite like the model he's proposing. Times being what they are, why not pay in luxury: I know I'd take a year's supply of my favourite too-expensive organic body cream, or salmon shipped straight from the Copper River, or a night's rental of an HD screening space so I could watch 2001 with all my friends. If money's useless, give me what I'd like to buy with it, instead. (And no, barter doesn't pay the bills. I'm well aware. But let's face it: SF never did, unless you were extremely lucky.) Actually, I quite like the model he’s proposing. Times being what they are, why not pay in luxury: I know I’d take a year’s supply of my favourite too-expensive organic body cream, or salmon shipped straight from the Copper River, or a night’s rental of an HD screening space so I could watch 2001 with all my friends. If money’s useless, give me what I’d like to buy with it, instead. (And no, barter doesn’t pay the bills. I’m well aware. But let’s face it: SF never did, unless you were extremely lucky.)

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