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Hmm... it's been a long time since I read Gibson, but wasn't his cyberworld mainly populated by hackers? What made Stephenson's Metaverse different was that it
by Turing_Machine 5y ago
Hmm... it's been a long time since I read Gibson, but wasn't his cyberworld mainly populated by hackers?
What made Stephenson's Metaverse different was that it was the kind of place where (e.g.) high schoolers would go on dates. Gibson's cyberspace was dark, dark, dark.
- CRConrad 5y ago> Hmm... it's been a long time since I read Gibson, but wasn't his cyberworld mainly populated by hackers? AFAICR: Hackers, the corporations they prey on, and the employees and consultants employed by the corporations. One would think, also the clients paying the corporations for the stuff the employees/consultants produce, but I honestly can't recall; they probably featured very little in the plot, and it's been if not over then very close to thirty years since I read it.