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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/06/2026

And for most of that time, I was energetically writing science fiction, eventually becoming associated with a school sometimes called "post-cyberpunk": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewired... 9/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/06/2026

The force that energized all this work was a dialectical one, the contradiction that powered cyberpunk literature itself. 10/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/06/2026

For all that cyberpunk was undeniably enamored with the coolness and combustibility of new technology, it was also terrified of how technology could be a force for oppression, surveillance and control. As William Gibson says, "cyberpunk was a warning, not a suggestion." 11/

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