We Live in the Future: Bruce Sterling's Dot-Green Future

Bruce Sterling, futurist and SF author, declares that his version of the future is here.

I was standing among a crowd of radical Serbs in front of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade last week when it dawned on me: As a futurist, things are really going my way! It's 2007, and the old world has backfired so comprehensively that a new era is truly at hand. I actually knew this would happen. I guess, for a prophet, this is what victory feels like!

I find the tone of the piece wobbles back and forth between glee and doom. Sounds about right.