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In the recent 5 years, there has been a renaissance of "cyberspace" as in the early science fiction, the cyberpunk culture, and aesthetics and a nostalgia of 1980s in general, as shown in vaporwave [0] arts and independent/DIY music. In many works, the imagery of cyberspace was used heavily, and themes included Usenet the Eternal September, Sci-Fi themed hacking and cracking, early BBS and imageboard subculture, lots of memes, etc. And recently there is also an upsurge of cyberpunk-related fictions, games (e.g. VA-11 HALL-A [1]), TV series, etc.

The reason sure includes the economic recession and political failures of the present days, but the death of the early Internet culture and the promises of "cyberspace" being a cutting-edge, cool and fun place has failed in a future that never comes, is definitely an important cause.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-11_HALL-A


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