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Quite a striking contrast between the super high tech spy world on the one hand and the poverty of the Hong Kong refugees on the other. It's like something out
by cvwright 10y ago
Quite a striking contrast between the super high tech spy world on the one hand and the poverty of the Hong Kong refugees on the other. It's like something out of a William Gibson novel from the 80's or 90's.
Sometimes I wonder if Gibson himself is surprised at the similarities between his 1980's fantasy world and our current reality. The world is a strange place...
- hiddenkrypt 10y agoHe is fond of saying "The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." I've seen a quote attributed to him along the lines of "Cyberpunk as a genre died out because if became real life", but I have not been able to track down any source or proof of that attribution.