--- title: "Best Wasteland Sayings" description: "Browse 83 Wasteland quotes by 75 authors. Discover the best Wasteland sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/paul-saffo-10456_alive_take-cyberspace-as-an-example-we-had-thi_2823490.jpg" --- > [Take cyberspace as an example. We had this wonderful utopian vision of a new home for the mind. What we've reaped isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/take-cyberspace-as-an-example-we-had-this-wonderful-utopian-vision-of/) [Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/paul-saffo-10456_alive_take-cyberspace-as-an-example-we-had-thi_2823490.jpg) > [“VIEW FROM A HILL I am not yet quite over it. I am lying down on top of it. Surveying behind me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tottenham/view-from-a-hill-i-am-not-yet-quite-over-it-i-am-lying-down-on-top-of/) [John Tottenham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-tottenham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/john-tottenham-37084_getting-over-it_view-from-a-hill-i-am-not-yet-quite-over_120872.jpg) > [“This was once Mazama, I kept reminding myself. This was once a mountain that stood nearly 12,000 feet tall and then had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/this-was-once-mazama-i-kept-reminding-myself-this-was-once-a-mountain/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/cheryl-strayed-605_healing_this-was-once-mazama-i-kept-reminding-my_1328390.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wasteland/#itemlist", "name": "Wasteland Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take cyberspace as an example. We had this wonderful utopian vision of a new home for the mind. What we've reaped isn't cyberspace. It's cyberbia. It's this vast, bland wasteland of vulgar people and trivial ideas and pictures of half-naked starlets. 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