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minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThis is the cyberpunk future that the 80s kids were so hyped for.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI actually commented on that somewhere. Cyberpunk is a good example of authors warning us of dystopian possibilities, not glorifying them.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAnd the kids were hyped over it, like i said.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWe were hyped over the tech and the “punk” aspect. That’s the rebellion against the dystopia, not embrace of it.
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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-squarexerxes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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.
I actually commented on that somewhere. Cyberpunk is a good example of authors warning us of dystopian possibilities, not glorifying them.
And the kids were hyped over it, like i said.
We were hyped over the tech and the “punk” aspect. That’s the rebellion against the dystopia, not embrace of it.
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.
Except a lot less fun. That one at least had cool lights, cool buildings, and flying cars. We got rotting infrastructure and Teslas.