Cyberpunk
"High tech, low life."
"The street finds its own uses for things."
We all know the quotes and the books. But cyberpunk is more than a neon-soaked, cybernetic aesthetic, or a gritty dystopian science fiction genre. It is a subculture composed of two fundamental ideas: PUNK, and CYBER.
The PUNK: antiauthoritarian, anticapitalist, radical freedom of expression, rejection of tradition, a DIY ethic.
The CYBER: all that, but high-fuckin'-tech, ya feel? From DIYing body mods to using bleeding edge software to subvert corporate interests. It's punk for the 22nd century.
This is a community dedicated to discussing anything cyberpunk, be it books, movies, or other art that falls into the genre, or real life tech, projects, stories, ideas or anything else that adheres to these ideals. It's a place for 'punks from all over the federated Net to hang out and swap stories and meaningful content (not just pictures of city nightscapes).
Welcome in, choom.
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That's far too open of a premise.
There is surely a point where humanity is minimized. Our glandular systems are too intertwined with our brains for us to imagine a simplistic singularity.
My partner has fully synthetic lenses in both eyes, and is thus a greater cyborg than I, merely wearing glasses. I'm still arguably the less human one.
That being said, I'd replace anything relating to the (rapidly deteriorating) purely physical parts of my body, as well as whatever's in charge of my drug addiction. But this is all just wish fulfillment territory.
I appreciate your contribution all the same :)