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14 Post author: katydee 18 January 2013 01:21AM

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Comment author: summerstay 18 January 2013 05:26:24PM 3 points [-]

Regarding Cyberpunk, Gibson wasn't actually making a prediction, not in the way you're thinking. He was always making a commentary on his own time by exaggerating certain aspects of it. See here, for instance: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/13/william-gibson-explains-why-sc.html