To me, world building through pacing is one of the aspects I enjoy. I guess you could call it lazy exposition evaluation. My favorite feature of cyberpunk and

To me, world building through pacing is one of the aspects I enjoy. I guess you could call it lazy exposition evaluation. My favorite feature of cyberpunk and derivates was the willingness to mention a thing in passing, that the author knew the reader had no idea about, then gradually shade in context through the story. The "how quickly can you figure out what this thing is in this world" schtick feels... more engaged with the reader as a sentient creature than "brain dump, here's a bunch of information." Or, in the writer's quip, "Show [with skill], don't tell."