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I saw elsewhere - perhaps Twitter - a criticism of the #cyberpunk idea, reflected in Cyberpunk 2077, that the unaltered human body is somehow sacred, and that augmenting it is profane. The criticism noted that this was, at its core, transphobic.
The critic then turned the idea on its head into a trans-positive cyberpunk that eschewed "humanity" in favor of "essence". Maybe one person's essence is complete when they're born; maybe another's essence is lacking until they augment themselves.
@noelle I'd wonder whether it winds up being purpose driven. Cyberpunk implies dystopias; "I augment myself because it's cool and makes me feel whole" is positive, but what about becoming more and more mechanistic simply to scrape by? Then there's all the capitalist elitism.
A little like how cell phones are theoretically awesome but now we're all required to have one, required to put other peoples' programs on ours for work, God knows who might be using 'em to snoop on us etc.
Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️🌈🎄
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@Leucrotta I'm reviewing "AD Police" right now and this plot point struck me: "Caroline explains that ... she had been competing for CEO of her current company, however a man got the job because he concocted a falsified chart that compared her menstrual cycles to her productivity. To alleviate the concerns of the company's board of directors, she had most all of her female organs replaced with cybernetic versions. There no longer being any reason to keep her from becoming CEO, she got the job."
