The dialectics of Night City: How ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ anticipated our hypercapitalist dystopia
William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’ bequeathed cyberpunk a future in which capital colonises every frontier. Four decades since, the technofascist sprawl of its progeny is collapsing the distance between dystopian speculation and our late-capitalist present
· 10/18/2026, 7:02:50 AM· 2 min read
William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’ bequeathed cyberpunk a future in which capital colonises every frontier. Four decades since, the technofascist sprawl of its progeny is collapsing the distance between dystopian speculation and our late-capitalist present
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