I wish I knew how to hack my hearing aids. They aren’t even that bad, it’s just minor functionality like managing Bluetooth pairings and the ability to create custom setting names so I’m not using “church mode” in meetings
why having a paywall if that scenario enables people to become absolute subservient machines deprived of any subjectivity?
Johnny Mnemonic is calling.
Isn’t this basically what all early cyberpunk boils down to?
Yeah this part kind of confused me. I feel like japanese stuff is just shoehorned into everything for no reason. Especially cyberpunk type things
Man, in the eighties, the rapid development of Japan technologically and in corporate culture, we were convinced everyone was going to be working for some branch of Mitsubishi.
It was actually scary how fast they were developing tech, and how fast it was overcoming domestic appliances.
It’s because of the crowded neon advertisements and the vertical streets. It plays into the whole fear of the US being taken over by a foreign government, as well. They’re also known for their robotics.
