Before i continue i should maybe start with explaing how the subculture cyberpunk evolved.
Does the name William Gibson remember you anything? 
William Gibson still seems to be consulted as the "theorist" of the cyberpunk genre.
The term cyberpunk was first coined by science fiction writers to describe a type of sci-fi written by people such as William Gibson
(Neuromancer) and Bruce Sterling (Islands in the Net ).
William Gibsons visons of the future had an tremendous impact in the real world.
Sciencentists and hackers had found a world they immediately wanted to create,
immediately wanted to live in.
William Gibson. Cyberpunks godfather was suddenly in a situation there he was programming
the future.
Sci-Fi literature had never changed peoples way of think and speak about new technology.
And now the Cyberpunk has locked on its movement to the 21st century.
Cyberpunk sci-fi was marked by several distinct features
-(.1.)- A very postmodern style of writing, involving sudden shifts in narration, identity, and perspective on the part of the characters.
-(.2.)- The central role of computers, virtual reality, and the interface between man and machine. Gibson coined the term "Matrix" to refer to
the virtual cyberspace where people and AIs (artificial intelligences) interacted - a "consensual hallucination," as he put it.
-(.3.)- A rather striking return to the machismo, sudden violence,
and "heavy metal" features of the early pulps. Today, there is a whole
cyberpunk 'canon,' although as a literary movement, it seems to have lost steam and many writers in the "movement" have gone on
to other things.
In Gibson's dystopian future, somewhat reminiscent of movies like Blade Runner ,
modificiation of body and brain is commonplace.
People use biotechnology (genetic engineering), cybernetic prosthetics, and various biochemicals to alter their appearance,
intelligence, and physical abilities.
The most important human modification is to become a "jacker" - to have a neural jack
implanted that allows human consciousness to "jump" directly into cyberspace and interact with machines without the use of a
terminal or keyboard or any other device besides a "deck," which seems to be carried portably.
Politically, the nation-state has disappeared, only to be replaced by the hyperurban "Sprawl" - linked to other areas by the Matrix.
Multinational corporations control almost everything from public services to local governance, managed by families which cheat death through cryonic freezing and genetic manipulation. These corporations guard their data very jealously, but are always hiring "netrunners" or "cowboys" to break into the security of their competitors.
This is the all-critical new form of corporate warfare.
For its protagonists, it can be deadly, because in Gibson's Matrix, protective programs - "ice" - can "flatline" or kill the brainwave activity of careless snoopers.
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