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Required Reading: Bruce Sterling's Seed article

By Allan Chochinov - February 1, 2009

in design.edu

Mark blogged this yesterday, but in case you were out on the weekend or missed it in your RSS reader, here's the link once again: The True 21st Century Begins. We could quote the entire essay, but how about this for a taste:

The year to come is best approached as a learning opportunity. It offers a golden chance to bury our dead prejudices and learn how to properly feed the living. Once we stop shaking all over and scolding Americans, we will recognize the tremendous potential this new century offers the people of the world. The sun still shines, the grass still grows, we are still human. If we stopped pretending to be puppets of an invisible hand, we would not fret over the loss of the 20th century's strings. We might see that life is sweet.

Yup. The thing's kind of a masterpiece.