East German secret police guide for identifying youth subcultures (1985)

Re:East German secret police guide for identifying youth sub... by peterwwillis on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:01PM (#18538372)

What was the cyberpunk worldview? Afaik it was something along the lines of "the world is run by vast networks of shadowy dystopian entities and we must use cryptography to resist this so we can have freedom" (basically, Information Technology libertarians)

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Re:East German secret police guide for identifying youth sub... by rasz on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @07:31AM (#18541768)

Cyberpunk [1990] Documentary

"CYBERPUNK is Marianne Trench's stylistic documentary about the cyberpunk movement of the 1980s. William Gibson, author of cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, and Timothy Leary, famous advocate of psychedelic drugs, share their thoughts on the future of society and technology.

While looking a bit dated now, this film provides an interesting insight into the cyberpunk movement of the 80's. The feeling at the time was there was some overlap between this new technical age we were entering vs the counter culture of the 1960s."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxbZq8Zmd88

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Re:East German secret police guide for identifying youth sub... by westmeal on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:06PM (#18538404)

That's the cypherpunks. Cyberpunks are 'high tech low lifes'.

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Re:East German secret police guide for identifying youth sub... by SuoDuanDao on Monday November 26, 2018 @09:01PM (#18538687)

I believe Charles Stross described it as 'Whither bohemia in a hyperconnected world?'

Guy's got a way with words...

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Re:East German secret police guide for identifying youth sub... by wavefunction on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:05PM (#18538396)

That's cypherpunks.

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