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You know the line, the future is here, it's just not evenly distributed. San Francisco is ground-zero for the coming cyberpunk dystopia.
by dilap 3y ago
You know the line, the future is here, it's just not evenly distributed.
San Francisco is ground-zero for the coming cyberpunk dystopia.
- woah 3y agoIf the cyberpunk dystopia involves aged hippies yelling about neighborhood character and historical parking lots in zoning board meetings
- dilap 3y agoluxury high-rises, tent cities, autonomous cars, sidewalk bazars, tech workers dancing on designer drugs while the homeless overdose & die in the gutters outside...
- woah 3y agoThere's nothing cyberpunk about this. Just good old fashioned bad governance, done in the traditional manner.
- tivert 3y ago>> luxury high-rises, tent cities, autonomous cars, sidewalk bazars, tech workers dancing on designer drugs while the homeless overdose & die in the gutters outside... > There's nothing cyberpunk about this. Just good old fashioned bad governance, done in the traditional manner. On the contrary, "good old fashioned bad governance" is an important feature of cyberpunk
- dilap 3y agoSure but SF isn't just another run-down city, it's also the center of the tech universe! So you've got the driverless cars, geeks on one-wheels, the salesforce tower's continually animating digital display, &c. That's what makes it feel cyberpunk to me: The latest tech rubbing shoulders with grimy urban decay.