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Cyberpunk

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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

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An open question, related to cyberpunk culture.

Considering the possibilities of current social-engineering as used by social media and desinformation, to what degree ido you think it is now possible to 'implant' fake memories into somebody's consciousness, without that person noticing it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Some kindle books I 'owned' recently got updates pushed to them, which in this case included a new cover or I probably wouldn't have noticed. In 1984 they were fucking about with recalling books and issuing 'corrected' ones. But with online media, centralized in a company's server, it's comparatively easy to push changes.