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I'd hate to break this to you, but the cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape is in its infancy. It's barely learning to crawl yet.
Enjoy the next thousand years or so... if you can...
I hate to break it to you but cyberpunk is a critique of today's world. Tomorrow can always get much worse.
Today's world is a toe dipped in the lake of cyberpunk critique.
Transhumanism is, for the most part, still a crackpot fringe theory. Most of us aren't brainchipped, and there are still recognizable human interactions on the web.
To be fair, I don't see anyone not even more evil than Epstein over there, ruling the world. And unless you rule the world, the worst of us eventually will. So being VERY transhuman, might actually be the only way to win.
If you're referring to multilateralism, international law, and rules-based-order, I'd agree. We already had that and it (mostly) worker since the second half of the 20th Century. Although there was still a lot of room for improvement, but now we're throwing the baby out with the bath water.
But if you mean some well-intentioned do-gooder should conquer everybody and enforce their own standard of decency, then I'd say that's a slippery slope and self-contradictory. Well-intentioned people don't conquer the world.
For those wondering what typically defines the cyberpunk literary genre, its key elements include:
High-tech, low-life scenarios: Advanced technology, such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, is prevalent, but it exists alongside widespread societal breakdown and poverty.
Dystopian future:
The settings are typically bleak and oppressive, often dominated by powerful corporations or decentralized, corrupt power structures.
Impact of technology on humanity:
Cyberpunk explores how technology shapes society, culture, and individual identity .
Antiheroes and rebellion:
Characters are often morally ambiguous rebels fighting against oppressive systems.
For high tech-low life, there are some homeless out there with cellphones and laptops, charging them with solar powered chargers.
A smartphone is one of the better investments for a homeless person, because the web allows finding help and resources.
Thanks chatgpt!
You can't pay me to use that shit. Always confidently incorrect.
Anything with crisp formatting gets labeled as AI these days — and if you use the dash, forget it!
i..... present you with.....a choice.....comrade.....
I wish there was a choice...
theres always a choice, it just depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice for it.
Enjoy the next thousand years? Are you immortal? Do you think everyone else is immortal too?
I'm planning on living forever, and it's working quite well so far.
I have no mouth and I must eat icecream
I forgot what this conversation is about and I don't feel like backtracking. All I know now is that end-stage ligma is a mouth-less person who's craving ice cream.
I was making a reference to to Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream in which characters are kept alive and tortured perpetually. In the end one character takes one for the team, killing the others to end their suffering, and as punishment is reduced to a blob with no limbs or mouth so they can't harm themselves.
but also I really wanted ice cream
It's about Cyberpunk dystopia. We are going to live under the worst people imaginable, and I imagine, they want the ultimate trill of inflicting eternal, maximum suffering on helpless, innocent individuals.
I can't speak for everybody, but I remember when the first continents were formed from geothermal vaults at the bottom of the ocean.
Or maybe that was just a mushroom trip. Either way, the dystopia has only just begun. Stop being pedantic.