Cyberpunk no longer feels quite so sci-fi

The second digital decade; and we’ve hardly scratched the surface.

When Negroponte said the net was the most over-hyped and under-hyped medium he was getting at the implications of this vast cause and effect model, and what will eventually play out - while brushing aside a bunch of the over-eager cash croppers from the dotcom noise.

Being Digital is more than a decade old and with Negroponte’s now-ancient Wired columns still chronicles our futures.

Berners-Lee was exploring the semantic web seven years back; a road map for future?

Mitchell has prophetic thoughts in Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City.

In 1982 Dick’s question "Did androids dream of electric sheep?" went mainstream. Within fifteen years we'll know.

Our knowledge is now the network.

Our information is now perfect.

Our skills are now augmented.

Our space is now digital.

Our identity is our data.

Some of my friends are wrestling with the social and cultural implications of this. Want to talk?