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You don't get to cut that chain of evidence and start over. You're always going to be pursued by your data shadow, which is forming from thousands and thousands of little leaks and tributaries of information.
Bruce Sterling
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Bruce Sterling
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 14
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