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That's also roughly the backstory of Niander Wallace in Blade Runner 2049. He creates synthetic farming methods to avert a global famine, which then gives him t
by gimmeThaBeet 7y ago
That's also roughly the backstory of Niander Wallace in Blade Runner 2049. He creates synthetic farming methods to avert a global famine, which then gives him the clout to get the ban on replicants overturned.
Windup Girl came out in 2009, perhaps some inspiration was acquired for BR2049...
- C1sc0cat 7y agoDoes raise the question is how Wallace manged not to just get his methods expropriated by the government or other Zaibatsus. Cyber Punk Dystopias are not big on Due Legal process, quite big on extra judicial solutions :-)
- mcv 7y agoThat reminds me of the time Monsanto bought Blackwater. (It's unclear to me whether they actually did, though I do remember it being reported. Online, reports are all over the place, with Monsanto denying it, others claiming it's true, and some sources claiming Monsanto merely hired Blackwater or bought only the intelligence arm of Blackwater under a different name. But it seems likely there's some relationship at least.)