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Neal Stephenson: Message To Makers

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Uploaded by on Sep 29, 2008

Neal Stephenson for blog.makezine.com

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  • "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."

  • Goddamn Neal Stephenson is one classy motherfucker.

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  • 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.

  • He looks like a steampunk villain.

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

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

  • 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?

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

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

  • Wow! Neil on a park bench.

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