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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Glad you mentioned the hardening aspect, because that’s definitely something I would have to consider. My adoption of cyberware is based on the assumption that the systems have been hardened against run-of-the-mill hacking (although probably not immune to Netrunners), and they would have to be something that doesn’t require a warranty or ongoing “rental” fee. There would always be updates and new versions of course, but the original systems should work at the installed level until they are damaged or their owner dies. A “Repo Men” timeline (where organs are repossessed if you can’t pay for them) would make me very reticent to do cyberware.