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03 Oct 2008, 10:16 pm

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Cyberpunk Manifesto
by Gareth Branwyn
Gareth Branwyn posted the following description of the CYBERPUNK WORLDVIEW to general approval at a mondo2000 conference on the WELL:

The future has imploded onto the present. There was no nuclear Armageddon. There's too much Real Estate to lose. The new battlefield is people's minds.
The megacorps ARE the new governments.
The U.S. is a big bully with lackluster economic power.
The world is splintering into a trillion subcultures and designer cults with their own languages, codes, and lifestyles.
Computer-generated info-domains are the next frontiers.
There IS better living through chemistry.
Small groups or individual "console cowboys" can wield tremendous power over governments, corporations, etc.
The coalescence of a computer "culture" is expressed in self-aware computer music, art, virtual communities, and a hacker/street tech subculture. The computer nerd image is passe, and people are not ashamed anymore about the role the computer has in this subculture. The computer is a cool tool, a friend, important human augmentation.
We're becoming CYBORGS. Our tech is getting smaller, closer to us, and it will soon merge with us.
Information wants to be free.
Access to computers and anything which may teach you something about how the world works should be unlimited and total.
Always yield to the hands-on imperative.
Mistrust Authority.
Promote Decentraliztion.
Do It Yourself.
Fight the Power.
Feed the noise back into the system.
Surf the Edges.

[from mondo2000's USERS' GUIDE TO THE NEW EDGE; page 65-66; 1992]

http://www.totse.com/en/technology/cybe ... erpnk.html

basically I'm posting this here and in the computer board as it seems to be able to fit in both places. Basically I wonder what you think and if this pattern will continue regardless of other things (The oil peak, economic crash, etc)

some of these regarding people, including 'Aspies/Auties' too..

one example:

"The world is splintering into a trillion subcultures and designer cults with their own languages, codes, and lifestyles."

Would this benefit us or not, as in it would be easier to find a group that you like and can fit in with and adopt its beliefs; there is no real 'mainstream' anymore and you can fit in much easier regardless of who you are.

EDIT: another similar link
http://www.totse.com/en/ego/science_fic ... leary.html

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04 Oct 2008, 3:36 am

Reminicent of Shadowrun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun

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04 Oct 2008, 5:21 am

I doubt that we see people and administrations return to old technology, so, I do not think the crash will change this.

I would have believed that WP was one of these mentioned subcultures. I mean... most NTs neither not that they are NTs nor what stimming is, hell, they have no idea whom Aspies are... So yeah we benefit from that.

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04 Oct 2008, 3:04 pm

I liked cyberpunk, and was disappointed when it didn't catch on. Today's young people mostly view the internet as a place to shop and watch rap videos, not as an agent of social change. I've watched all the initial hopes devolve to the big shopping mall internet of today, and I have to say that I'm disappointed.

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04 Oct 2008, 3:12 pm

Funny, when you brought this topic up I really thought I'd see some Kodwo Eshun or Steve Goodman.

http://www.ccru.net/

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04 Oct 2008, 6:17 pm

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04 Oct 2008, 6:17 pm

LostInEmulation wrote:

I doubt that we see people and administrations return to old technology, so, I do not think the crash will change this.

would it be as quick a growth or would it be slower and again would be really underground.

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I would have believed that WP was one of these mentioned subcultures. I mean... most NTs neither not that they are NTs nor what stimming is, hell, they have no idea whom Aspies are... So yeah we benefit from that.

heh. Yeah. when you're inundated by it you do not realize you're in your own worlds and free places...

pexar wrote:

Today's young people mostly view the internet as a place to shop and watch rap videos, not as an agent of social change. I've watched all the initial hopes devolve to the big shopping mall internet of today, and I have to say that I'm disappointed.

you know there are PLENTY of spots on the internet that are as you describe, the 'underground' boards like TOTSE and rorta, some of the tor sites, and arguably some parts of the chans.

I have to love being able to watch youtube videos of stuff from the past, past politics and how it changes so much and the lies of society (say those 40s and 50s US propaganda films...). That and taking in both/all sides of the conflict.

techstepgenr8tion wrote:

Funny, when you brought this topic up I really thought I'd see some Kodwo Eshun or Steve Goodman.

http://www.ccru.net/

remember seeing that linked from another site-interesting plans and the like. somewhat confusing too.

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05 Oct 2008, 1:42 am

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05 Oct 2008, 5:19 pm

Eggman wrote:

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lol XD

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