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Welcome to the 2013 edition of the Bruce Sterling/Jon Lebkowsky State
of the World conversation/rantfest. Bruce and Jon, old friends and
rambunctious digerati, have made this annual mess every year of the
21st century; this year's model should be particularly interesting,
given the current hyperactive state of the world and the abundance of
available conceptual lenses.
Bruce Sterling is a science fiction author, journalist, design
theorist and critic, public speaker, and world traveler. Currently
based in Serbia, he spends much of his time on the road, and has a
truly global perspective which you see in his novels, nonfiction
pieces, and his blog, "Beyond the Beyond." In addition to his novels,
Bruce has focused on the cutting edges of digital/hacker culture,
climate change, global politics, and contemporary design. He founded
the Viridian Design movement, the Dead Media project, and is currently
fired up about the new aesthetic, augmented reality, and design
fiction.
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Jon Lebkowsky has been an Internet evangelist and expert, web
consultant/developer, social commentator, gonzo futurist, media
analyst and critic, and sometimes activist. He was a cofounder of
FringeWare, Inc., an early digital culture company/community, and has
worked with and written for bOING bOING, Mondo 2000, Whole Earth,
Plutopia Productions, Digital Convergence Initiative, Wireless Future,
the Society for Participatory Medicine, EFF and EFF-Austin, the WELL,
WorldChanging, SXSW, Social Web Strategies, et al. Lately he's part of
a web development cooperative, Polycot Associates, and cofounder (with
Amber Case, Tyger AC, and Patrick Lichty) of Reality Augmented Blog
(http://realityaugmentedblog.com).
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Guests are welcome to read and post (check the bottom of the page to send an email to the moderator) in this public conversation of the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, one of the oldest ongoing networks on the Internet and, recently, purchased by the WELL users. This is always a stimulating way to think back on the old year and look forward to the new one.