Out of Control (1994)

This book was seriously influential to me in 1994 when a friend leant me his hard cover copy. Arguably, Out of Control, Snowcrash, (and a less well known book called Goatwalking) defined my whole early 20s aesthetic and outlook.

Might the title be a reference to Brooks et. al. &quot;Fast Cheap and Out of Control&quot; (1989)?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;people.csail.mit.edu&#x2F;brooks&#x2F;papers&#x2F;fast-cheap.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;people.csail.mit.edu&#x2F;brooks&#x2F;papers&#x2F;fast-cheap.pdf</a>

I&#x27;ve had this book on my reading list for a while! Out of Control is referenced heavily in Fred Turner&#x27;s From Counterculture to Cyberculture.

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Kevin Kelly also wrote What Technology Wants. It has some very interesting ideas, that seep into all other areas.

This is a good book. Themes therein are as relevant as ever.

The acknowledgements on pp396-397 are a good example of &quot;maximising the fringes&quot;!