#ch

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#arid #coming #day #every #every day

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#choices #come #feelings #fulfilling #i

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#boat #came #developed #favourite #feet

A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#come #economically #effect #going #larger

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#devil #get #joy #life #motion

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#burning desire #chest #desire #got #succeed

I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#bruce #data #i #i do #i write

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#between #distinction #everywhere #general #i

I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#already #aware #away #cyberspace #fifty

We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#bombs #brink #class #guys #instead