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A (slightly) Better Tomorrow · September 23 · 4 min

HIGH TECH LOW LIFE (fieldnotes)

Fieldnotes are the minisodes between full episodes where I answer your questions and ramble a bit. Shayari Mukherjee, a scholar in South Asia, sent me a three part question I haven’t stopped thinking about. Is “low life” a required part of cyberpunk? Can the main character come from the high life? And can the high life ever not be the villain? So I take them in order and detour through Westworld and Frankenstein, and end up somewhere I wasn’t expecting. Tell me where I’m wrong, I love to hear it!! Full notes and sources: aslightlybetterpod.com/episodes/fieldnotes-high-tech-low-life/ Books from this episode: bookshop.org/shop/githugs (supports local bookstores and, a little, me) Book club: we're reading Neuromancer through October, live discussion Sunday 25 October, free on Patreon Support the show: patreon.com/githugs. The tip jar is $1. Send me your questions on Instagram (@githugs_) or at githugs@proton.me Everything else: githugs.lol Hosted and produced by Kire (githugs) Thank you to my founding patrons, who make this show possible.

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Fieldnotes are the minisodes between full episodes where I answer your questions and ramble a bit.

Shayari Mukherjee, a scholar in South Asia, sent me a three part question I haven’t stopped thinking about. Is “low life” a required part of cyberpunk? Can the main character come from the high life? And can the high life ever not be the villain?

So I take them in order and detour through Westworld and Frankenstein, and end up somewhere I wasn’t expecting.

Tell me where I’m wrong, I love to hear it!!

Full notes and sources: aslightlybetterpod.com/episodes/fieldnotes-high-tech-low-life/

Books from this episode: bookshop.org/shop/githugs (supports local bookstores and, a little, me)

Book club: we're reading Neuromancer through October, live discussion Sunday 25 October, free on Patreon

Support the show: patreon.com/githugs. The tip jar is $1.

Send me your questions on Instagram (@githugs_) or at githugs@proton.me

Everything else: githugs.lol

Hosted and produced by Kire (githugs)

Thank you to my founding patrons, who make this show possible.

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