“High Tech, High Life” — Why Cyberpunk Needs to Evolve Beyond the Gutter
Ever since William Gibson’s *Neuromancer* and the visual revolution of *Blade Runner*, the cyberpunk genre has been defined by a single, inescapable phrase: **”High Tech, Low Life.”** We all know the imagery: unending acid rain, grimy street-food stalls, and the crushing neon weight of megacorporations that blot out the sky. Why is it that the… [DATA_CORRUPTED]