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Yep, I'm just pointing out that the imagined future of a technologically advanced and ascendant Japan portrayed in Cyberpunk literature, and epitomised by Willi
by simonh 5y ago
Yep, I'm just pointing out that the imagined future of a technologically advanced and ascendant Japan portrayed in Cyberpunk literature, and epitomised by William Gibson's vision of Chiba City in Neuromancer never happened. As a Gibson fan seeing the reality of Chiba and pondering Japan's failing fortunes at the time was sobering.
I did visit Akihabara and it was a lot of fun browsing he gadget shops, but most of the actual devices were under powered little toys like tiny laptops running Windows CE.
- aikinai 5y agoOh, I see what you’re saying now. Not that the real Chiba was ever an electronics Mecca, but that it was in the book and reality never matched up. I guess in another timeline Chiba could have become Shenzhen. That would have been cool.