There have always been growing movements in the world. Everyone has a cause, everyone has an agenda. Recently though, there is a growing movement that is changing how the Internet is run. Globally people have become more and more dependent on technology. The Internet has changed how people run their lives. I know for myself, when I go to a place that doesn’t have internet access it is pretty frustrating and disrupts my normal patterns for the day.


Naturally a countercultural movement happening today involves computers. Cyberpunks are most widely known as computer hackers and science-fiction geeks, but this term is not just confined to those. Cyberpunk is now related to musicians, artists, and a range of technologies, among other things.

Cyberpunks challenge how things are run. They want to gain control in some way and be able to make their mark. Pop-culture is the enemy of most cyberpunks in a way. They aim to go against it at all costs. They make their own subcultures to thrive in. Designing what they want to have, their own ways of life.

Cyberpunks stay ahead of the game through communication. Using massive message boards to keep connected. They organize ways to get across their own ideals, ideals of self-reliance. They don’t just use the internet to check their email or talk with friends. The internet or Cyberspace is their way of life. They use it to live.

Cyberpunks obtain freedom through their writing, and want to spread it through the masses. To have no information held hostage or private. They oppose the government for holding them back.

The future is something that cyberpunks are readily watching and seeking out. Constantly updating and changing they look ahead to what’s new. In the growing age of new technologies we always need to be alert to what advances can help us in our job field. Cyberpunks may be a tad unconventional in a sense, but they have they idea of constantly staying ahead of the game. That is something we all need to be wary of.

Joel Heslop
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