Looking Back at the Future

Inside the head of science fiction writer and critic Derek Austin Johnson.

What Happened to Cyberpunk?

sciencefiction:

William Gibson: Cyberpunk today is a standard Pantone shade in pop culture. You know it when you see it.

Neal Stephenson: It evolved into birds. 

Douglas Rushkoff: For most people, it was surrendered to the cloud. For those who understand, it stayed on their hard drives.

From “It Evolved Into Birds: Ten Science-Fictional Thinkers On the Past and Future of Cyberpunk” on Motherboard. 

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