tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16863825.post1708129414377275258..comments2023-09-11T22:27:00.008-05:00Comments on Meyerson: Science fiction writer Greg Bear in 1994: The Internet’s futureCharlie Meyersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06381827310845177039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16863825.post-64900612604634366612015-09-07T08:33:19.740-05:002015-09-07T08:33:19.740-05:00Greg Bear is one of modern science fiction's a...Greg Bear is one of modern science fiction's awesome writers.His books are known for their bleeding edge hard science,rich characterization and distinctive illustration of the effect science and technology have on our general public.A. E. Oglesbyhttp://aeoglesby.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16863825.post-50560019442137621512015-03-02T10:14:08.217-06:002015-03-02T10:14:08.217-06:00He was right; the net remains, fundamentally, orga...He was right; the net remains, fundamentally, organic (ironic, isn't it?). The more that some larger entity tries to squeeze it, the more it runs out into smaller avenues that defy a stranglehold. <br /><br />Wasn't it somewhere in the 1990s that we defined America's most business as "information"? Welp, few of us can or want to do without fast access to knowing what's going on somewhere, from a bank account to the BBC world news. <br /><br />The combined punches to bring down pirate bay only opened it up to hundreds, perhaps more, copies, all open-sourced clones that have spawned eztv and more. There was/is an international competition to design the next best one, too. Can it happen? I'll flip ya my Bitcoin for the answer….MarkBraunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956589324151705678noreply@blogger.com