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I find the cyberpunk and mind-altering culture of the very early 90s Internet (referred to briefly in the video) to be fascinating. I wish I'd been a few years
by georgieporgie 15y ago
I find the cyberpunk and mind-altering culture of the very early 90s Internet (referred to briefly in the video) to be fascinating. I wish I'd been a few years older so I could have properly witnessed it.
Random things I remember from the time:
* Billy Idol's strange Cyberpunk album http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_(album) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_(album)
* Mondo 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo_2000
- GHFigs 15y agoI found Doug Rushkoff's Cyberia to be an effective substitute for having properly witnessed that era. It has the advantage of not being a look back, but a look around. I get the sense, in flipping through it again now, that a historical look at the era would leave out so many things that seemed important at the time but didn't subsequently flourish beyond the fringe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberia_(book) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberia_(book)
- leviathant 15y agoThe 'cyberpunk' thing always sounded cooler than any implementations actually were. You're currently living in an era where the contemporary, witnessable equivalent is steampunk.