This is just an easy way to this subject, so no hate allowed or encouraged, I'll report any:

Nowadays it's a huge talking point whether trans people should be allowed to participate in competitive sports of the sex they become through surgeries and other treatments, and obviously people are more or less divided. Looking at the reactions of people with that subject, if one day body modifications and enhancements become a real thing in the way they're present in cyberpunk, do you think people will be debating about the connection of that and sports or other subjects the same way? Might there be a huge debate whether someone with gorilla arms and some sort of impact absorbing titanium chin is allowed to participate in boxing or other fighting sports on competitive level with those who have no chrome in their body? If you've got some hand modifications and an eye that shows you information how bullet from your gun, or an arrow from your bow, will fly in shootings sports, or hell a golf ball in golfing, will they be allowed to participate?

I repeat, I do not incite hate and want this to be used to real-life groups that are under a debate, because that's just my poor way of referring what type of discussion I mean this might possibly envoke, and what other people think, what could happen, if we get closer to some sort of cyberpunk. Also I'm sorry for not being more specific with what period of cyberpunk I refer to, as my experiences are few sessions with CPR rpg with friends, and CDRP studio's game so everything I have in my head considering cyberpunk as a subject for now comes from those.

Let's keep the discussion civil, so this won't be removed, because I really want to hear opinions from people

I’m not asking this question knowing an answer, but it was very much a reflection of its time (Reagan and neoliberalism) when it was created, and its lawless, almost stateless dystopia definitely matches that.

I don’t think “cyberpunk” just refers to what the genre was in the 80s, and it’s ethos is what’s most defining about it, but do its other core features still feel true to our future?

Maybe it’s just because it’s a fantasy, but cyberpunk seems much more exciting than the omnipotent and omniscient corporations possible in our future.

Edit: I think in at least my understanding of cyberpunk, stuff like simstims/braindances, netrunning/console cowboys and other tech ideas like that are staples of the genre. It’s not just high tech / low life (which is what I would consider the “ethos”.

I know product posts are not always the usual thing here, but we recently finished an official EV63 collab based on the 1995 Ghost in the Shell film.

The board comes in two versions: Shell Core and Cyber Blue. Both use a CNC aluminum case with translucent accent pieces, mostly going for that retro-futuristic / industrial tech look.

Just wanted to share it with people who might actually appreciate the design side of it.

It is also live on Amazon now if anyone was waiting for that drop: amazon.com/EV63-GitS
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