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2、/rah/William%20Gibson%20-%20Disney%20Land%20with%20the%20Death%20Penalty.txtWIREDDisneyLandwiththeDeathPenaltyWIREDsendsWilliamGibsontothefuture:SingaporeByWilliamGibson"It'slikeanentirecountryrunbyJeffreyKatzenberg,"theproducerhadsaid,"underthemotto'BehappyorI'llkillyou.'"Weweresitt
3、inginanofficeablockfromRodeoDrive,onlargeblackfurnitureleasedwithJapaneseventurecapital.NowthatI'mactuallyhere,theDisneylandmetaphorisprovingimpossibletoshake.Forthatmatter,RodeoDrivecomesfrequentlytomind,thoughthelocalequivalentfeelsmorelike30or40BeverlyCentersputendtoend.WasitLaurieAndersonw
4、hosaidthatVRwouldneverlookrealuntiltheylearnedhowtoputsomedirtinit?Singapore'sairport,theChangiAirtropolis,seemedtopossessnomoreresolutionthansomeearlyVPLworld.Therewasnodirtwhatsoever;nomuss,nofurredfractaledgetothings.Outside,theorganic,floridaseverinthetropics,hadbeengardenedintobrilliantgr
5、een,andall-too-perfectexamplesofitself.Onlythecloudswerefeatheredwithchaos-weirdcolumnarstructurestoweringabovetheStraitofChina.Thecabdriverwarnedmeaboutlittering.HeaskedwhereIwasfrom.Heaskedifitwascleanthere."Singaporeverycleancity."OneofthoseannoyingJapanese-stylemechanicalbellscutinasheexce
6、ededthespeedlimit,justtoremindusboththathewasdoingit.Thereseemedtobegolfcoursesoneithersideofthefreeway...."Youcomeforgolf?""No.""Business?""Pleasure."Hesuckedhisteeth.Hehadhisdoubtsaboutthatone.SingaporeisarelentlesslyG-ratedexperience,micromanagedbyastatethathasthelookandfeelofaverylargecorp
7、oration.IfIBMhadeverbotheredtoactuallypossessaphysicalcountry,thatcountrymighthavehadalotincommonwithSingapore.There'sacertainwhite-shirtedconstraint,anabsolutehumorlessnessinthewaySingaporeLtd.operates;conformityhereistheprimedirective,andthefuzzierbrandsofcreativityareinextremelyshortsupply.
8、ThereisnoslackinSingapore.ImagineanAsianversionofZurichoperatingasanoffshorecapsuleatthefootofMalaysia;anaffluentmicrocosmwhosecitizensinhabitsomethingthatfeelslike,well,Disneyland.Disneylandwiththedeathpenalty.ButDisneylandwasn'tbuilta
