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Distraction
Bruce Sterling · 初版 1998 年
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为什么值得读
- 准确预言了技术冲击导致的失业与抗议运动
- 描绘出国会僵局与中美贸易战等当下现实
- 巧妙借用前沿假说构建精彩故事构架
那是 2044 年 11 月的大选年,国情状况简直是一场闹剧。政府破产,城市被私人所有,军队在街头勒索市民。华盛顿沦为了马戏团,没有人比 Oscar Valparaiso 更清楚这一点。作为一名政治 spin doctor,Oscar 总是擅长粉饰太平。如今他想有所作为。但 Oscar 有着不可告人的秘密。他唯一的盟友是 Greta Penninger 博士——一位身处神经革命最前沿的天才神经学家。他们联手准备传播一个时机已经成熟的极度危险的想法。而且
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我很喜欢这个脑洞。我怀疑它错得离谱,但尽管如此,依然是非常精彩的推想。Neal Stephenson 的《雪崩》(Snow Crash)和 Bruce Sterling 的《Distraction》都巧妙地借鉴了其中的一些概念,所以就算它是错的,也催生出了一些伟大的小说。
I love this idea. I suspect it is utterly wrong, but it is wonderful speculation nonetheless. Both Snowcrash by Neal Stevenson and Distraction by Bruce Sterling make good use of some of the concepts from it, so even if it is wrong, it has helped in the genesis of some great fiction.
Charles Stross 的《渐快》(Accelerando)、Neal Stephenson 的《钻石时代》(The Diamond Age)、Greg Egan 的《异域》(Diaspora)、Bruce Sterling 的《Distraction》
Accelerando by Charles Stross, The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, Diaspora by Greg Egan, Distraction by Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling 的《Distraction》。他触及了精通网络的数字游民、技术驱动的颠覆及其引发的失业、国会僵局、类似华盛顿“占领”运动的事件,以及一场因……而告终的对华贸易战。
Bruce Sterling's Distraction. He touches on net-smart nomads, technology-driven disruption and the resulting unemployment, gridlock in congress, something similar to the Occupy movement in DC, a trade war with China that ended when…
我们现在的世界绝对更接近 Bruce Sterling 笔下的赛博朋克未来,而不是 William Gibson 的那种。《Distraction》最近给人的感觉准得有些令人发毛。
We're definitely in more of a Bruce Sterling cyberpunk future than a William Gibson cyberpunk future. Distraction has been feeling eerily prescient recently.
……《Distress》,不过我觉得他不算新人了。这么想其实有点傻,毕竟他现在还在出新东西。要是把他算进来,那不妨也把 Bruce Sterling 算上。我现在正在重读《Distraction》,它写得真的很经得起时间考验——除了没搞懂软件开发经济学这一败笔。
…Distress, but I guess I don't think of him as new. Which is sort of silly I guess, given that he's still putting out stuff. If we're including him might as well do Bruce Sterling as well. I'm rereading "Distraction" at the moment and it hold up pretty darn well - except for failures of understanding about the economics of software development.
Bruce Sterling 的《Distraction》经受住了时间的检验,唯独遗漏了 open source software 这一块。
Distraction by Bruce Sterling has held up very well except for missing open source software.