A story about Bruce Sterling
In his latest Viridian Design note, Bruce Sterling declares we are winning. What does winning mean? Global climate change denialists are now viewed as reactionary, evil, or ignorant (or some combination of the three). In the future, green design will no longer be avant garde—it will be ubiquitous.
From the design note, here’s Sterling on his own track record as a futurist: “I’m good at thinking ahead: the track record shows that my speculations, even the daffiest and most sarcastic ones, do tend to be crowned with some success. Still, I tend to oversell my own foresight: Viridian shows that events and developments that I imagine are twenty years out, are only about eight or nine. As a futurist, I’m clearly not trying hard enough. Next time, I’ll try to take a bigger bite.”
