Chapter 17. Humanity in the Machine
James tells us how he first met Brian and how they bonded over technology, humanity and... hair! Then our historian relates a particularly memorable conversation with Shanna Germain when she asked, “Where does the Internet live when it goes home for the night?” Then Brian and Byrd fly down to Silicon Valley to talk with Bruce Sterling—not only one of the founders of steampunk, but one of this generation’s leading thinkers about the future.
As we close James tells us about “Mr. Jobs’s Incredible Music Shrinking Apparatus” and how we just might be able to build a future we want to live in, a future that can stand the test of time.
Humans (and Steampunks) are Hairy
We humans need to bend ...
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