Futurists get to a certain age and, as one does, they suddenly recognize their own mortality… And they often decide that what’s going on is that everything is just totally screwed and shabby now, whereas when they were younger everything was better. It’s an ancient, somewhat universal human attitude, and often they give it full voice.
— Fantastic Wired interview with William Gibson, whose recently released collection of nonfiction essays, Distrust That Particular Flavor, is a must-read.