Warren Ellis again rocks my world.
Apr. 17th, 2004 12:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking(Written for a magazine, pulled it from them over rights issues. Someone might as well see it.)
"People are disappointed with the future they're living in. Since 2001, the refrain has gone up, louder year by year: "This is the future. Where's my flying car? Where's my fucking jet pack?" Pre-millennium, we were living in an unprecedented density of imagined futures, and we assumed it was all waiting for us around the corner. And here we are, around the corner, and none of it is standing here."
"People are disappointed with the future they're living in. Since 2001, the refrain has gone up, louder year by year: "This is the future. Where's my flying car? Where's my fucking jet pack?" Pre-millennium, we were living in an unprecedented density of imagined futures, and we assumed it was all waiting for us around the corner. And here we are, around the corner, and none of it is standing here."
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Date: 2004-04-17 07:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-17 10:12 pm (UTC)Fuck no.
But that doesn't change that it's a common want, and Warren is cool people.