There are some people who don’t want our culture to change, or they want to change it even faster in a direction that they’ve got their own ideas about. When police get involved in a cultural struggle, it’s always highly politicized. The chances of it ending well are not good.
Predictor: Sterling, Bruce
Prediction, in context:In May 1995, Wired magazine ran an article that was excerpted from a transcript of a speech Bruce Sterling delivered at the High Technology Crime Investigation Association conference in November 1994. Sterling says: ”I can’t say I’ve ever suffered much because of censorship, or through my government’s objections to what I have to say. On the contrary, the current U.S. government likes me so much it makes me nervous … The laws supposedly governing this behavior are gray and riddled with contradictions and compromises. There are some people who don’t want our culture to change, or they want to change it even faster in a direction that they’ve got their own ideas about. When police get involved in a cultural struggle, it’s always highly politicized. The chances of it ending well are not good.”
Biography:Bruce Sterling, a writer, consultant and science fiction enthusiast, wrote or co-wrote “Schismatrix,” “The Hacker Crackdown” and “The Difference Engine” and edited “Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology.” In the 1990s, he wrote tech articles for Fortune, Harper’s, Details, Whole Earth Review and Wired, where he was a contributing writer from its founding. He published the nonfiction book “Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years” in 2002. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: November 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Jurisdiction/Control
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Good Cop, Bad Hacker: Bruce Sterling has a ‘Frank Chat’ with Some Cops
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.05/sterling_pr.html
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