Farewell Freeway Forest

Scribbling social change

Bruce Sterling Notes

Will ubiquitous computing lead to global change in financial and social service interactions?
Source: http://blog.wired.com/sterling/

Satire: Offramp

Scene: Aggressive, clean young men transition to the streets, competing for D.O.T.com (Department of Transportation) cash at the offramp of the information superhighway. Anxiety and pressure mean nothing to them; coming from the intense boiler room world of finance, they now sweep up the pocket change at their roadside tolls. Briefcases and bottled water at their side, these highway hustlers peddle their skills in the time it takes the stoplight to change from red to green. Go ahead, give 'em a dollar, see what they're made of...

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