We are witnessing the reversal of an arrow. For all of human history, it was the physical world that impinged our minds. In the future, it is our minds that will impinge the physical world. […]
Tag: cyberspace
The Unreal
We thought we would invade and colonize cyberspace. In truth, the opposite is happening. We’re far from being able to transmute matter, of course, but ideas, rendered digitally, continue to creep over the border. We’re […]
Cyberpunk III: We Will Not Invade Cyberspace
Like the early internet, AR is mostly a novelty at this point, such as the London art project in the video below, but the applications are legion. Almost anything humans manipulate in the world, from […]
Cyberpunk II: Cyberpunk and the State
I’ve been writing lately about how cyberpunk at 40 is becoming quaint and anachronistic but that most don’t see it because that’s the narrative of the future that most appeals. (There’s even a big computer […]
Cyberpunk I: Cyberpunk as Retrofuturism
Cyberpunk and its offshoots (biopunk, solarpunk, etc.) are still our significant cultural vision of the future. And yet, it hasn’t aged particularly well. This is the vid-phone from Blade Runner (1980), which was supposed to […]
