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2024.04.02
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Why Cyberpunk is Now Just a Documentary

#Sci-Fi#Culture#Future

We live in the Cyberpunk future, but it's the boring version.

High Tech, Low Life

Gibson predicted the sprawl. He predicted the corporate dominance. He predicted the merging of digital and physical.

What We Missed

We didn't get the cool chrome limbs. We didn't get the neural jacks. We just got algorithms that sell us toothpaste and a planet that's slowly cooking. We got the dystopia without the aesthetic.