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I mean this is basically the foundation of any cyberpunk novel. You don't need to read that far ... just look at the works of Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Philip K.
by _pdp_ 7mo ago
I mean this is basically the foundation of any cyberpunk novel. You don't need to read that far ... just look at the works of Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick and Richard Morgan.
From Neuromancer and Snow Crash to Altered Carbon the theme is that technology is not salvation but as another axis of inequality.
- mikestorrent 7mo agoYes, we were warned. It turns out we are not good at heeding warnings, at all.
- bluefirebrand 7mo agoYup People will downvote you for talking about fiction, meanwhile we're sleepwalking straight into the worst societies that fiction authors predicted
- red-iron-pine 7mo agosomething something Torment Nexus something