# The Net May Become the Constant While Home Becomes the Place You Go by Bruce Sterling
> “First, your home is a constant, while the Net is a place you go; then the Net becomes a constant while your home is a place you go.”
> **— Bruce Sterling**, *2004, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT'S YOUR LAW?”*
## Sources and Context
- **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [Sterling's Law](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11965) — Edge published this exact, continuous passage in its 2004 Annual Question collection, *WHAT'S YOUR LAW?*. The response page preserves the surrounding argument and qualifications.
- **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response cohort and this passage's promotion status.
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— Bruce Sterling, 2004, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT'S YOUR LAW?”
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