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I guess it depends on how we define Cyberpunk, but I would tend to think "No, not yet." I think the main themes in Cyberpunk center on a dystopian society wher
by m0nastic 16y ago
I guess it depends on how we define Cyberpunk, but I would tend to think "No, not yet."
I think the main themes in Cyberpunk center on a dystopian society where the techno-literate are able to carve out a life among oppressive, capitalist regimes (in most cases Corporate Nation-States).
I think much of the technology imagined in Cyberpunk has come to be, but I don't think the technology is the important part. I think the society it envisions is what separates it from more traditional science fiction.
That said, I actually imagine a cyberpunk future longingly (even if I don't necessarily think it will come to be).
- kiba 16y agoI would say today is more like cypherpunk versus cyperpunk. The rebel are more like ubermensch(in the sense they want immortality, cyber implants, and all the ways that can improve human beings' intelligence and body) opposing authoritarian institutions. The ruler is more like the mishmash of elites and majority tyrants.