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

— William Gibson

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He is reported to have first said this in an interview on Fresh Air, NPR (31 August 1993) {unverified}, he repeated it, prefacing it with "As I've said many times…" in "The Science in Science Fiction" on Talk of the Nation, NPR (30 November 1999, Timecode 11:20). See also The future has arrived... - Quote Investigator.

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