Is the idea of a cyberpunk future really possible?

yes

absolutely


problem is....who will you trust with it?

>>61134966
the technology will surely be a reality and if the US and Russia's advangement in surveillance continues as they do now, then it can surely be a reality for the next generation

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>>61134966
it seemed like an 80s idea (along with the post-apocalyptic mad max vision)

the closest I've seen to it is south korea.

>>61135293
Implying Europe isn't going to mimic the look of SK in 20 years.

it doesnt seem unreasonable at all

i just hope i dont live to experience one

>>61134966
Not only is it possible - it is already here.

>>61134966
what exactly do you mean by this?

a society where megacorps have more power than the governments meant to contain them?

a society where warfare can be conducted via keyboard?

a society where technology rules our lives?

look the fuck outside anon.

I'm already cyberpunk

Not with flying cars, androids and holograms

>>61135230
kylix kylax kalyx kilyx kelox
that lainchain homo

>>61136284
What makes one a cyberpunk? honesty curious

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>>61136283
>tfw megacorp owner

life is comfy. get on my level noobs. come at me haters

>>61136501
this is so self aware its making me smile real smiles

>>61136027
we've got the dystopian part of cyberpunk down pretty well

>>61136027
>>61136671
this

Look at 4kev.org and thank me later

>>61136449
See
>>61136501

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>>61134966
>huge invasive governments buddy up with megacorporations.
>cryptocurrencies are booming.
>political and social instability everywhere.
>corruption is exposed mainly by hackers.
>governments wage open or covert cyberwar on eachother and their citizens.
>whistleblower hackers are hailed as heroes.
>the internet and technology control every aspect of most people's everyday lives.

The world already is cyberpunk.
HIGH TECH LOW LIFE

>>61137870
Wage gap is also gigantic

>>61134966
That's my lockscreen picture.

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>>61137870
This.

There's nothing more cyb then sitting on a train and everyone there is on their phone


AHHH AHHH GET IT OUT AHHH AHHH *SLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPP* ahhhh

>>61136501
>Billy Idol's comeback album

Man

>>61136671
Cyberpunk is always dystopian.

>>61134966
Aesthetically, no.
Philosophically, yes. We already have a culture very similar to that, in some ways.
Economically, kinda. Huge technological and pharmaceutical corporations are very powerful but they're not even nearly as large as governments ( like they are usually depicted in cyberpunk ), and I doubt they will ever be.
And in the urban development and globalization aspect, we will eventually get there.
We already have developed countries with huge sprawling cities with people from all over the world living in it. We have third world countries where the advanced technology contrasts with poverty and violence.

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>>61134966
The level of technology is possible but that kind of future is improbable.
Either we become a technocratic society and the high level technology becomes hoarded and kept secret from the public which I believe is the case already or it becomes an autocratic society in which the "punk" aspect never comes into effect.

The kind of society you think of with cyberpunk wouldn't last longer than a decade before becoming something entirely different, there's not enough stability for such a culture and platform of technology to remain stagnant long enough to develop the same aesthetic and punk-requirements.

If you want a more likely scenario for our future look to 1984, Starship Troopers, possibly Dune.

>>61134966
We already live in one.

>>61138793
>Aesthetically, no.
What is East Asia?

>>61138877
We already live in one, you dolt.

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>>61134966
>Corps have the power and own the people
>Tech so advanced it has no real use
>People are created as cattle and so have to be allowed to breed in larger countries
>Designer drugs so powerful and complex they can put you in a near permanent state of intoxication
>Hacking and cybercrime so relevant they have organizations with recognizable brands and names and are talked about on major news stations.
>World decaying as we continue to let smog corrode our skys and dump radioactive poison in our waters
What are we missing? Besides cyber enhancements and working robo-prosthetic? (which are literally both around the corner with the tech labs getting the money they get from mega-corps looking for beefed meat in the security sector.) Not long before youll see them lobbying for the same guns rights nuclear plants get, just you wait boy.

>>61140044
We live in a technocracy.