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- From: merlin@freeside.com (Merlin the Idiot Magi)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.tech
- Subject: Re: SG & VR
- Message-ID: <P1qLuB2w165w@freeside.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 12:39:36 CST
- References: <1992Nov19.192642.1@acad2.alaska.edu>
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- aburtc@acad2.alaska.edu writes:
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- [Yup, stuff was deleted...]
- > movements....Some think of it "literally" as a techno revival of the punk
- > movement, and that comes about from the dark future, rebel character books
-
- The revival of the punk sub-culture is a generic backbone for almost
- all cyberpunks, the `independence' motif of the punk culture is a
- mainstay of sorts for the entire 90's generation, and is almost a reason
- for living for many who call themselves `cyberpunks'.
-
- > writing by people like William Gibson, but the movement reaqlly has mnore to
- > with VR technology and minituarization technology.......I don't believe that
- > anyone actually wants the dark future that alot of cyberpuck novels
- > depict.....As a matter of fact, the point of cyberpunk is to avoid that type
- > future and learn to use technology responsibly before it runs rampant and out
- > of control.......
-
- Again, very true. I do know a lot of people who say they want it though,
- for some reason they think that they would be on top of the situation,
- instead of the dysfunctional masses. I am personally working to get us
- mature enough now so that we may forgo the period of possible suffering
- ahead and get on with existance. To use a much-hated analogy; R.
- Talisorina's Cpunk RPG implies that the actions of the Characters are
- part of a `cyberpunk rebellion' against the stagnation the world is
- falling into. What we are doing is is having the rebellion before things
- get so bad. In essence, we _are_ shooting Hitler as a child.
- >
- > Neuromancer
-
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