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# QOTD: William Gibson on cyberspace
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/qotd-william-gibson-on-cyberspace/
- Published: 2007-02-21T08:33:19.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:36:41.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

[William Gibson](https://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/NameFinder?query=local.pnkey+exact+%22gibson,%20william$1948%22&ref=lorcandempsey.net) gave us ‘cyberspace’ as a word. Here is his latest note:

> The thing that’s going to be quaint about “cyberspace” (that already is, really) is the inherent assumption that it’s a realm unto itself; that it’s in any way elsewhere or other. \[[William Gibson](https://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/2006%5F12%5F01%5Farchive.asp?ref=lorcandempsey.net#116645855455981191)\]