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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 20:58:29 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   *Well, that was ten years ago. That oppressive cyberpunk dystopia has got some staying power

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     Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 22:42:18 JST Daniel Marks

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     @bruces I beg to differ. Many more people have seen the future optimism of Star Trek over any of the classic cyberpunk dystopia stories or series. I don't think science fiction has overall promoted a dismal future; it is the media that has propagated pessimism it to sell ads. In a lot of ways science has made life better but we believe it is worse and succumb to learned helplessness.

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     Sveinn í Felli (sv1@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 22:51:10 JST Sveinn í Felli

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     @bruces We (over 60) had some FUN imagining flying cars - nobody expected to survive the imminent nuclear winter...

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     mmby (mmby@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 16:46:30 JST mmby

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     @bruces the 90s dystopia is the deep state conspiracy one + aliens