Interesting article: cyberpunk is broken?

[psikeyhackr]

I thought there was nothing in the Matrix that Philip K Dick hadn't done 20 years before, just that it substituted technology for mind-altering drugs.

Why was Neo the 6th ONE?

Because God rested on the 7th day.

There is a lot of stuff in The Matrix that many people did not see. I was discussing those movies with people on the Internet for years after they hit the big screen. Other people saw plenty of stuff I never found. What were the names on the Black and White trucks that collided when Neo rescued Morpheus. Cyberpunk doeS not come close. People just look at all of the computer tech stuff and say CYBERPUNK!

 

[psikeyhackr]

This thread turned up on my search because of this:

Rise of Cyberpunk #1

Rise of Cyberpunk #2

A third part should be coming out soon.

I did not recall that I had posted to this thread.

I suppose the question is: "Can science fiction offer/point to a hopeful direction for the future?"

I think so but it is not part of the genetic code of Cyberpunk. We need to backtrack on the sci-fi timeline. There is no escape from the inevitability of a cybernetic future so I appeal to James P Hogan. Hogan actually knew something about computers, Gibson did not.

The Two Faces of Tomorrow (back to optimism)
Voyage from Yesteryear (conflict with traditional power games )
Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez
Suarez includes a book list of non-fiction about what has been happening in the realworld .

The last two are a speculative depiction of the current techo-economic power game. Not really cyberpunk in my opinion since it is without the noir atmosphere.

Daemon and Freedom™ | Mike Grist

www.michaeljohngrist.com