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minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThis is the cyberpunk future that the 80s kids were so hyped for.
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAs a 80s kid I don’t recall being hyped. If anything all sci-fi books were warnings for us. Younger generations embraced the black mirror shit thought.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI actually commented on that somewhere. Cyberpunk is a good example of authors warning us of dystopian possibilities, not glorifying them.
minus-squarexerxes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoExcept a lot less fun. That one at least had cool lights, cool buildings, and flying cars. We got rotting infrastructure and Teslas.
This is the cyberpunk future that the 80s kids were so hyped for.
As a 80s kid I don’t recall being hyped. If anything all sci-fi books were warnings for us. Younger generations embraced the black mirror shit thought.
I actually commented on that somewhere. Cyberpunk is a good example of authors warning us of dystopian possibilities, not glorifying them.
Except a lot less fun. That one at least had cool lights, cool buildings, and flying cars. We got rotting infrastructure and Teslas.