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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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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Except for Dune
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shortages don't have to be material
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I think it was Kurt Vonnegut who said that for a story to be interesting, the character has to want something, and the story then explains how they try to get it and deal with what is preventing them from getting it. If it's easy to get, then the story will not be interesting.
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