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The NET is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

— William Gibson

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The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.

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He wore an expensive-looking blue suit cut in Parisian business style, a white broadcloth shirt, and a very English-looking tie, probably from Charvet.

Count Zero (1986)

People find conspiracy theories fantastically comforting not because they’re more frightening than reality, but because they’re less frightening than reality.

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John Gilmore

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