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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.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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This is like saying 'pancakes require water and butter'.
You're not wrong, but you're so reductionist that you're also very much not right.
Cyberpunk has a lot more to do with the conflict between hackers and The Establishment(TM), where the conflict very much occurs in a dystopian future or under dystopian circumstances than it does any specific type of technology used to tell the story you want.
Please read more than Gibson's books and play CP2077 before reducing an entire genre to two "required" bullet points.
I mostly agree except pancakes don't strictly require butter. You can use other oils.