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First I’m hearing this idea, “cyberpunk was a warning, not a suggestion” I never thought of it as either. I thought of it as a prediction of an unavoidable near-future.
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In the immortal words of @GreatDismal: "Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fast-forward button." (this is your periodic reminder that cyberpunk was a warning, not a suggestion) 9/
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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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