are you telling me that cyberpunk pop culture might have been warning me of an impending dystopia?!
😳🫨😵
TBF, for the last 30 years even Cyberpunk authors completely missed the point that capitalism will subvert these amazing technologies to make everything worse if we don’t do something. Neal Stephenson is a crypto shill.
Manna got rampant capitalism + AI pretty close, and has predicted McDonalds payment kiosks, Amazon worker abuse, and probably some of the tech layoffs too.
Damn, that surprises and saddens me. I’ve only ever read one of his books, Diamond Age/A young lady’s illustrated primer, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and also thought there were some great critiques of the upper class
Scientists are saying we should hit Blade Runner territory by May.
…and WALL-E by June.
Bell Riots are in September.
Eugenics wars and ww3 next 🫠 I dont like this timeline
Eugenics wars should have started in 2022 by the revised timeline, and were 1992-1996 in the original timeline
When do I get a Replicant?
you? never. sky will be orange though.
Sky was orange during wildfires a few years ago
and in San Francisco, even!
If you’re asking about prices; then you can’t afford it.
Deus Ex is the 1984 of videogames.
Someone on here posted the dialogue from a conversation with an NSF “terrorist” from the game and I initially thought it was a pretty reasonable assessment of modern society and its problems. It was only when I read the comments that someone pointed out that the post was quoted verbatim from the game. Need to see if I can find that post…
Ross (Accursed Farms) did a really good review/analysis of the game: https://youtu.be/rxOKEsBx4NU?si=a7UHgYa-TqCfnqvB
I’ve never played the game and it doesn’t seem like it’s for me… But this video… I think about it a lot…
They also predicted 9/11.
It’s just human nature to see something coming for 40+ years and then be surprised by it.
Meanwhile I’m playing Deus Ex like:
