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etherphon@piefed.world 4 weeks ago
I was so into this shit when I was a teenager, reading Mondo 2000 and early WIRED, visiting the WELL, it seemed so cyberpunk and cool. After the events of the past 30 years it just seems like a fucking nightmare now.
It’s always fascinating to me how depictions of cyberpunk-style implants have evolved since the 80’s.
The 80’s stuff certainly has corporate spyware and such, but modern reimaginings has it an ever-present and practically undefeatable threat.
How can you beat it, after all? They make the implants.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s funny how death seems like the best case scenario these days, I used to find sci-fi like this cool back in the day as well
etherphon@piefed.world 4 weeks ago
Sweet sweet death, yes. What kind of maniac wants to live forever, I've already had enough and I'm not even 50 yet.