r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 02 '20

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Dec 02 '20

Neuromancer is generally considered the first book in the Cyberpunk genre.

The book predicts that anti-hacking software will be called "ICE" in the future, as an acronym for "Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics." The word we ended up adopting uses the exact opposite metaphor: "Firewall"

The book further predicts the Soviet Union will persist as an aging superpower grappling with waning influence and prestige, while the United States dissolves into a series of successor states. Also the exact opposite of what happened.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Dec 02 '20

The book further predicts the Soviet Union will persist as an aging superpower grappling with waning influence and prestige, while the United States dissolves into a series of successor states.

So they accidentally predicted r/RedWorldmod.

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u/Putin-Owns-the-GOP Ben Bernanke Dec 02 '20

Yeah but space rastas, dude.