Unclear how it could have turned out any other way. No other speculative near-future from 80s was anywhere near as compelling.
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tho insofar as it is a value judgment on that future, it's not exactly a utopian one
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The future doesn't just become history as part of some ineffable biological process. Political decisions are made that bring us closer to or push us further from any given future.
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cyperpunk was the old testament prophecy of the late 20th century.
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As Frederick Pohl might have said, a great science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but THE SPANISH INQUISITION
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