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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Really I'd wager it's more Snow Crash myself, it's a book that most of these Silicon Valley guys would have grown up with.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 was just a continuation of Cyberpunk 2020, which came out before Snow Crash.

In reality, I think the tech bros pull from all sorts of media and don't restrict themselves to just one bible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's a good point. Snow Crash does lean heavily into the metaverse in a way that is very aligned with Zuckerberg's concept of it. I remember early interviews with some silicon valley guys and when Stephenson was the darling out there l, like with the early Xbox guys or Google Earth.

Maybe Cyberpunk was popular too but just didn't break through to more mainstream news.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am but a sample size of one, but I've got a copy of CP2020 and not Snow Crash, haha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

And here I have a copy of snow crash but not the 2020 books