Neal Stephenson: Message To Makers

[FractalBolt]

Man, what is that annoying music in the background? When Mr. Stephenson talks, peope turn their shit music off and listen to the man talk.

[cuallito]

He looks like a steampunk villain. 

[eponodyne]

He makes the same point Heinlein did in Starship Troopers: If you get too complicated, someone with a simpler more direct approach just might steal the march. I see his point. Why putz around with computer controls and stepper motors when you can get the job done with a couple cogs and a length of bike chain?

[golantr]

God I love this guy. He's right on the ball with every thought of his.

[Aphradonis]

The future is virtual. Many apparently intelligent, tech-savvy people either don't understand or don't want to believe that.

[GMRDUI]

@Aphradonis Hey, that might be true, but who is going to weld together the racks to hold all those servers? ;)

[Aphradonis]

@GMRDUI Heheheh... why, the machines, of course. We'll be jacked in or uploaded.

[pughparkour]

Goddamn Neal Stephenson is one classy motherfucker.

[iLEZtube]

"Hey kids, dont listen to your friends who try to tell you that its all about bits and bytes. Information technology will only get you so far. Making things in the physical world is where its at. Learn to weld."

[cityhall4all]

Wow! Neil on a park bench.

[cellularmitosis]

"learn to weld."  nice :)