Thought of the Day

[coraa]

I still enjoy a lot of the cyberpunk I read ten years ago (I went through a cyberpunk phase), but I can't read, e.g., Neuromancer anymore without wondering whether Molly goes home and unwinds by watching pictures of cats with captions on them, or whether Case has ever indulged in a webcomic flamewar.*

I guess a worldwide computer network, like everything else, becomes drastically less edgy and cool when you actually put real people in it!

* - Yes, the memes of his future would not be the same as the memes of ours, but the general point remains.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

Yes. And even less edgy when you are not required to make body modifications to use it. Of course, now that both the interwebs and body mods are so popular, I don't see anyone having any issues with that, should it become possible. Although a bunch of us will say things like "I'll wait a few generations before I decide" and "is there an open source model?".

[donaithnen.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's an awesome thought :)

...can you imagine a book or webcomic of Neuromancer done in that style? Perhaps that should be your next project ;)