True Names：And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier

VernorSteffenVingeisaretiredSanDiegoStateUniversityProfessorofMathematics,computerscientist,andsciencefictionauthor.HeisbestknownforhisHugoAward-winningnovelsAFireUponTheDeep(1992),ADeepnessintheSky(1999)andRainbowsEnd(2006),hisHugoAward-winningnovellasFastTimesatFairmontHigh(2002)andTheCookieMonster(2004),aswellasforhis1993essay"TheComingTechnologicalSingularity",inwhichhearguesthatexponentialgrowthintechnologywillreachapointbeyondwhichwecannotevenspeculateabouttheconsequences.