Star Trek Future - Viridian
Oct. 7th, 2009 05:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forsythMost of you probably know, or at least know of, Bruce Sterling, the science fiction author, famous for cyberpunk novels. He's also been a general futurist, ranter, cyber civil libertarian, and general internet opinion guy. He also basically started the whole Bright Green movement with his Viridian Manifesto which was part of the kickoff of the Viridian Project. I'm not going to summarize the whole Viridian project, in part because I was never an active participant, just followed from a distance.
The Viridian project is over, at least in that form, and the Last Note is full of good advice, not all of which I've yet been able to follow. At the very least, it crystallized my desire to get a multitool, a present from my parents last Christmas, and one from my wife this year for my birthday. And much of what he says of it is true, because carrying it has changed how I look at things. Loose threads do get cut, loose screws get fixed, and I have to remember to leave it behind before I go to the courthouse these days. And after moving, I really do appreciate the advice to get rid of stuff you don't need or use. That's one of the goals unpacking.
And it includes another formulation of the Samuel Vimes Boots Theory of Socio-Economic Injustice.
The Viridian project is over, at least in that form, and the Last Note is full of good advice, not all of which I've yet been able to follow. At the very least, it crystallized my desire to get a multitool, a present from my parents last Christmas, and one from my wife this year for my birthday. And much of what he says of it is true, because carrying it has changed how I look at things. Loose threads do get cut, loose screws get fixed, and I have to remember to leave it behind before I go to the courthouse these days. And after moving, I really do appreciate the advice to get rid of stuff you don't need or use. That's one of the goals unpacking.
And it includes another formulation of the Samuel Vimes Boots Theory of Socio-Economic Injustice.
