Douglas Rushkoff
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Douglas Mark Rushkoff is an American media theorist, writer, professor, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, documentarian and podcaster. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpun
Douglas Rushkoff at 2023 SXSW
Cyberpunk
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Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction set in a dystopian future. It is characterized by its focus on a combination of "lowlife and high tech". It features a range of futuristic technological and
Douglas Rushkoff
…theorist, writer, professor, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, documentarian and podcaster. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture, his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems, his critique of technocapitalism, and his call to retrieve our humanity in a digital age…
A screenshot of InSilico, a cyberpunk city hub from Second Life
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Life in Kowloon Walled City has often inspired the dystopian identity in modern media works.
Metropolis (1927) is considered a work of proto-cyberpunk.