• Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      Basically. I mean there’s a bit more to it than that but it’s the core idea. It’s also the goal of several tech oligarchs which is why he doesn’t want the peons to be able to talk about it.

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      2 months ago

      I’m reading the Sprawl trilogy along with Shelved By Genre, and Gibson harps on the note that ‘the Ultra Rich aren’t human’, and has some great examples in the books.

      I think he was very observant, and Musk makes it so blatant.

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      2 months ago

      My friends have been describing America now as cyberpunk without the cybernetics. We have no neuromancers