It seemed a little rambly and stream-of-consciousness, but when he talks he's like that. His written stuff is a little more disciplined. Bruce Sterling has be

It seemed a little rambly and stream-of-consciousness, but when he talks he's like that. His written stuff is a little more disciplined. Bruce Sterling has been one of my favorite authors since I found him, I have always felt that his stories represented a true attempt to describe the future according to his best guesses, rather than make some political or philosophical point and have everyone turn into beings of pure energy or whatever other people consider science fiction.