Cyberpunk Coming True

... no means be reduced to attempts to warn of or forecast certain changes in technology and society, since many works concentrate on the aesthetics of the supposed dystopian future, i.e. megalopolises with distinctly stratified societies, transnational corporations taking on the role of states and shaping societal life, anti-humanism, and many other traits. However, just as with other science fiction subgenres, cyberpunk offers a productive correlation between projections of the future 20 to 30 years ...