Some truth here, but disagree. in 2021, cyberpunk is an alternate history, with a branch point in 1985 or so. Like the "Gernsback Continiuum", it's not a vision of our future, or even of our present, but of our past's future.https://twitter.com/strnglft/status/1359905418886144006 …
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5/ The Road Warrior is about a world where gasoline is in short supply, thus the world revolves around that. Neuromancer is about a world where data / AI is restricted, thus the world revolves around that. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is where freedom is restricted, thus ...
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6/ All fiction (and all fictional worlds) posit a shortage, and thus a need / a want, that drives the characters, forms the McGuffin, etc. The Big Lebowksi is a world with a modest shortage of rugs, money, and trophy wives.
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7/ The world we live in has infinite bandwidth, but a shortage of tolerance for cultural dissent. Cyberpunk has a tolerance for cultural dissent, but a shortage of bandwidth.
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8/ Iron Dragon has a surplus of Vikings, and a shortage of spaceships.https://twitter.com/robkroese/status/1359911060791246850 …
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