Neal Stephenson Quote
You're a hacker. That means you have deep structures to worry about, too.Deep structures?Neurolinguistic pathways in your brain. Remember the first time you learnedbinary code?Sure.You were forming pathways in your brain. Deep structures. Your nerves grownew connections as you use them -- the axons split and push their way betweenthe dividing glial cells -- your bioware selfmodifies -- the software becomespart of the hardware. So now you're vulnerable -- all hackers are vulnerable --to a nam-shub. We have to look out for each other.What's a nam-shub? Why am I vulnerable to it?Just don't stare into any bitmaps. Anyone try to show you a raw bitmap lately?Like, in the Metaverse?Interesting. Not to me personally, but now that you mention it, this Brandycame up to my friend --A cult prostitute of Asherah. Trying to spread the disease. Which issynonymous with evil. Sound melodramatic? Not really. You know, to theMesopotamians, there was no independent concept of evil. Just disease and illhealth. Evil was a synonym for disease. So what does that tell you?
You're a hacker. That means you have deep structures to worry about, too.Deep structures?Neurolinguistic pathways in your brain. Remember the first time you learnedbinary code?Sure.You were forming pathways in your brain. Deep structures. Your nerves grownew connections as you use them -- the axons split and push their way betweenthe dividing glial cells -- your bioware selfmodifies -- the software becomespart of the hardware. So now you're vulnerable -- all hackers are vulnerable --to a nam-shub. We have to look out for each other.What's a nam-shub? Why am I vulnerable to it?Just don't stare into any bitmaps. Anyone try to show you a raw bitmap lately?Like, in the Metaverse?Interesting. Not to me personally, but now that you mention it, this Brandycame up to my friend --A cult prostitute of Asherah. Trying to spread the disease. Which issynonymous with evil. Sound melodramatic? Not really. You know, to theMesopotamians, there was no independent concept of evil. Just disease and illhealth. Evil was a synonym for disease. So what does that tell you?