If you know where to look, the cyberpunk is def a thing. I have friends with chip implants, friends that race drones through the city, and friends build robots for fun. Meshtastic is pretty cool. We have open source 3d printers and vr projects. Shits pretty cool if youre a nerd. The mainstream is bleak but the underground is doing some really cool.stuff
Even in ready player one and night city, the corpo tech was enshittified to all hell and back. I definitely dont trust IOI any more than Meta or Neuralink
Which is exactly why I mentioned having only the shitty corpo netanats and none of the rest of the stuff we might call cool but is just an extension of living in a technodystopic world of wild disparity.
Thats what im saying though. In a lot of sci-fi the cool stuff that is usable and not controlled by a mega corp is basically opensource and is being developed by the (usually revolutionary) underground that you as the player happen to link up with. Its the same in our world. You just need nerdier friends or a more vital questline lol
And none of the cyberpunk. Just the shitty corpos controlling everything.
If you know where to look, the cyberpunk is def a thing. I have friends with chip implants, friends that race drones through the city, and friends build robots for fun. Meshtastic is pretty cool. We have open source 3d printers and vr projects. Shits pretty cool if youre a nerd. The mainstream is bleak but the underground is doing some really cool.stuff
That’s cyberpunk as a niche hobby, not a cultural norm. We’re nowhere near Night City, Blade Runner or even Ready Player One.
Yeah, the shit is pretty cool, but it isn’t cyberpunk as an inescapable culture.
Even in ready player one and night city, the corpo tech was enshittified to all hell and back. I definitely dont trust IOI any more than Meta or Neuralink
Which is exactly why I mentioned having only the shitty corpo netanats and none of the rest of the stuff we might call cool but is just an extension of living in a technodystopic world of wild disparity.
Thats what im saying though. In a lot of sci-fi the cool stuff that is usable and not controlled by a mega corp is basically opensource and is being developed by the (usually revolutionary) underground that you as the player happen to link up with. Its the same in our world. You just need nerdier friends or a more vital questline lol