Here’s the transcript of the Bruce Sterling talk I mentioned in my Ponzi Scheme post (that term is attributable to him):

Creative energies are liberated by oxymorons, by breakdowns in definitions. The Muse comes out when you look sidelong, over your shoulder.

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Now, I wouldn’t want to claim that Web 2.0 is as frail as the financial system — the financial system that supported it and made it possible! But Web 2.0 is directly built on top of finance. Web 2.0 is supposed to be business. This isn’t a public utility or a public service, like the old model of an Information Superhighway established for the public good.

There’s a lot I don’t agree with in Sterling’s talk, and his delivery sure managed to piss a lot of people off, but the man had some beautiful words in there.