That way, you stand a better chance of being taken seriously next time.

If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice the creatures of power slide from under it with a wink and a grin. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here – it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them The personal, as everyone’s so fucking fond of saying, is political.

The personal, as everyone’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. Much of the genre's atmosphere echoes film noir, and written works in the genre often use techniques from detective fiction.Ĭlassic cyberpunk characters were marginalized, alienated loners who lived on the edge of society in generally dystopic futures where daily life was impacted by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body. The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but tend to feature extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of technology in ways never anticipated by its original inventors ('the street finds its own uses for things'). The settin Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting that tends to focus on society as 'high tech low life' featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as information technology and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.Ĭyberpunk plots often center on conflict among artificial intelligences, hackers, and among megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth, rather than in the far-future settings or galactic vistas found in novels such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Frank Herbert's Dune. Cyberpunk plots often center on conflict among artificial intelligences, hackers, and among megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth, rather than in the far-future settings or galactic vistas found in novels such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Frank Herbert's Dune. Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting that tends to focus on society as 'high tech low life' featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as information technology and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.

Squartamento by Emil M. Cioran