I like this quote [1]: > Since the late 1970s, a key idea in Western science fiction has been that Japan represents the future. Japan's "weird" culture is a fi

I like this quote [1]: > Since the late 1970s, a key idea in Western science fiction has been that Japan represents the future. Japan's "weird" culture is a figure for an incomprehensible tomorrow. which I found here [2] (titled "Cyberpunk Cities Fetishize Asian Culture But Have No Asians"). Cyberpunk cast (Asian) megacorporations as the architects of a dystopian future with American cowboys (essentially) fighting back (see [3]). [1]: https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-do-westerners-fetishize-japans-futuristic-weirdness-5428322 https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-do-westerners-fetishize-japans-f... [2]: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb7yqx/cyberpunk-cities-fetishize-asian-culture-but-have-no-asians-blade-runner https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb7yqx/cyberpunk-cities-f... [3]: https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/57/nixon57art.htm https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/57/nixon57art.htm