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Mona Lisa Overpod
justenoughtrope
32 episodes
2 months ago
Welcome to Mona Lisa Overpod, the show that asks the question "What is cyberpunk?" On each episode, hosts Ka1iban and author Lyda Morehouse dive into the genre that helped define sci-fi fiction in '80s and they break down its themes which remain relevant to our lives in the 21st century. Pull on your mirrorshades, jack into the matrix, and start your run with us today!
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Welcome to Mona Lisa Overpod, the show that asks the question "What is cyberpunk?" On each episode, hosts Ka1iban and author Lyda Morehouse dive into the genre that helped define sci-fi fiction in '80s and they break down its themes which remain relevant to our lives in the 21st century. Pull on your mirrorshades, jack into the matrix, and start your run with us today!
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Science Fiction
Fiction
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MLOP 18: "Reality" in Cyberpunk
Mona Lisa Overpod
1 hour 43 minutes
8 months ago
MLOP 18: "Reality" in Cyberpunk
Welcome to Mona Lisa Overpod, the show that asks the question "What is cyberpunk?" On each episode, hosts Ka1iban and author Lyda Morehouse dive into the genre that helped define sci-fi fiction in '80s and they break down its themes which remain relevant to our lives in the 21st century. Pull on your mirrorshades, jack into the matrix, and start your run with us today!

In our modern world of digital landscapes and virtual reality, the concept of the "real" can be as tenuous as ever. Is the Internet a real place? What does it mean that fictional characters and augmented worlds seem as real as what's outside your door? And what do we do when reality as we know it becomes optional? 
 
In this episode, we discuss how the digital revolution put reality on trial and how "reality" as a concept is explored in cyberpunk fiction. We also talk about the abacus vs. Excel, the fall of Google, being a human AI detector, the mystery of memory and identity, editing yourself, '90s movies about reality, the way that popular media lags behind science fiction, the worlds of Philip K Dick, poopooing the woowooing, the other side of the dream, trying to get rich as a sci-fi author, horrible virtual grocery stores, how data manipulation shapes reality, getting Kojima on you, incentivizing meanness, and Making America Real Again!

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Mona Lisa Overpod
Welcome to Mona Lisa Overpod, the show that asks the question "What is cyberpunk?" On each episode, hosts Ka1iban and author Lyda Morehouse dive into the genre that helped define sci-fi fiction in '80s and they break down its themes which remain relevant to our lives in the 21st century. Pull on your mirrorshades, jack into the matrix, and start your run with us today!