"I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere."

"Anything that can be done to a rat can be done to a human being. And we can do most anything to rats. This is a hard thing to think about, but it's the truth. It won't go away because we cover our eyes. THAT is cyberpunk."

"I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I not only eat her sacred cows but I eat them with ketchup. While I take her point, I think that transgressive monstrosity and tampering with the life force are both a lot more fun than she suspected."

"David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't have any such illusions."