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Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetic Theory
‘…society can only be understood through a study of the messages and communication facilities which belong to it; and that in the future development of these messages and communication facilities, messages between man and machines, between machines and man, and between machine and machine, are destined to play an ever increasing part.’ (Weiner, Norbet) -
The Ramones
An influential band into the evolution of punk, specifically music, was introduced. The Ramones. -
Blade Runner & Tron
Blade Runner has become the definition of cyberpunk delving into the integration of human and machine and focuses on which is more valuable - humans without emotions, or machines with emotions. Tron focuses on a virtual reality that is physically accessible. -
'Cyberpunk'
As Bruce Bethke describes ‘…’Cyberpunk.’ In calling it that, I was actively trying to invent a new term that grokked the juxtaposition of punk attitudes and high technology’ -
Burning Chrome
His stories elevate science fiction at its sharpest point and portray sociological aspects of post-modernism within a technological space.
