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You do realize that much of the 'cyberpunk dream' science fiction of the 90's was actually harshly critical satire and dystopia of what the world would look lik
by qbasic_forever 4y ago
You do realize that much of the 'cyberpunk dream' science fiction of the 90's was actually harshly critical satire and dystopia of what the world would look like when technocrats and technology rule people, right? Like you realize William Gibson books and such aren't just cyberspace opera/Stars Wars in VR... it's showing the real suffering that was possible when you blindly trust technology to rule society. Gibson is honestly a bit of a luddite in his mistrust of technology.
- lokar 4y agoThis has long been obvious to everyone except the tech crowd who worship it as an ideal. Ironic.
- fsckboy 4y agoI don't agree that cyberpunk was critical or satirical of technology, any more than film noir detective stories are critical satires of telephones, guns, and automobiles or the gritty parts of town; that's just a setting and some props, they're stories of human nature.