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"Don't call yourself a ‘cyberpunk’, and don't waste your time on anybody who does." Whoa! Where did that come from? Perhaps ESR had a bad experience watching B
by manny 19y ago
"Don't call yourself a ‘cyberpunk’, and don't waste your time on anybody who does."
Whoa! Where did that come from? Perhaps ESR had a bad experience watching Blade Runner or something, but this is entirely uncalled for. Quite frankly, cyberpunk remains fresh and still alive and happily uninfected by the mainstream -- just how we like it.
- tlrobinson 19y agoI think what he's getting at is that while cyperpunk and hacking culture are not mutually exclusive, they do not entail each other. From what I've seen a cyberpunk "hacker" is usually the "other" kind of hacker (again, not mutually exclusive) I'm sure ESR wouldn't tell you to not waste your time on an amazing hacker (in the original sense of the word) who also happened to be into "cyperpunk", but most cyberpunks are not amazing hackers.
- jcromartie 19y agoConsider the difference between these two statements: > "I'm a cyberpunk!" > "I'm into cyberpunk." Now do you see what he means?