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minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThis is the cyberpunk future that the 80s kids were so hyped for.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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-up0·6 months agoAnd the kids were hyped over it, like i said.
minus-squareMasterBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWe were hyped over the tech and the “punk” aspect. That’s the rebellion against the dystopia, not embrace of it.
minus-squarexerxes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoExcept a lot less fun. That one at least had cool lights, cool buildings, and flying cars. We got rotting infrastructure and Teslas.
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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.
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.
Except a lot less fun. That one at least had cool lights, cool buildings, and flying cars. We got rotting infrastructure and Teslas.
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.