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Get unlimited access to WIRED.com, exclusive subscriber-only content, and the print edition of the magazine. Get the news of the future, now. Ending soon. Summer Sale! Ending soon. Already a subscriber? Sign-In BRUCE STERLING To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. *AN UNREPENTANT SYMPATHIZER took the trouble to type up a full transcript of my speech at Transmediale 10 on February 6. *Since this volunteer made such a noble effort, it deserves to be pitched straight into the "Internet meme ooze" of blogs and social media. Here you are. "Atemporality for the Creative Artist" Bruce Sterling Transmediale 10, Berlin, Feb. 6, 02010 I would like to talk about this slogan 'Futurity Now,' and how the idea of 'futurity now' might become common sense. Not a contradiction in terms, which it obviously is right now, but a legitimate demand. Or a claim, or a lament. So, what is 'atemporality'? I think it's best defined as 'a problem in the philosophy of history'.

Save this story Save this story *An unrepentant sympathizer took the trouble to type up a full transcript of my speech at Transmediale 10 on February 6. *Since this volunteer made such a noble effort, it deserves to be pitched straight into the "Internet meme ooze" of blogs and social media. Here you are. "Atemporality for the Creative Artist" Bruce Sterling Transmediale 10, Berlin, Feb. 6, 02010 I would like to talk about this slogan 'Futurity Now,' and how the idea of 'futurity now' might become common sense. Not a contradiction in terms, which it obviously is right now, but a legitimate dem

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