The Representative of Data

"The core data began to emerge, exposed and vulnerable... "

Text from Burning Chrome, William Gibson, 1986; screenshot from Tomorrow never Dies.

Burning Chrome Audio

To here Gibson's Burning Chrome being read is to understand Gibson's genius.

Burning Chrome - The Matrix

"The core data began to emerge, exposed and vulnerable... This is the far side of ice ¹, the view of the matrix ² I've never seen before, the view that fifteen million legitimate console operators see daily and take for granted."

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¹ "ICE: Intrusion CounterMeasures Electroncs"

² "The matrix is an abstract representation of the relationship between data systems."

Burning Chrome, Burning Chrome, William Gibson, 1986

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• Quotes from Burning Chrome,
• Literature in a Wired World Wiki: Burning Chrome

Edited on 12.16.23, added link to Burning Chrome Quotes AND etc. @ 10:45 AM.