Neuromancer
The More Things Change, The More...."Everything that can be invented, has been invented." In hindsight this statement seems ridiculous . Since 1899, the world has seen a multitude of societal changing inventions . From the airplane ,the television , countless of vaccines and most recently the Internet , man has continued to evolve at an exponential rate. Nevertheless, this is not to say that these inventions were so avant-garde at their inception. The truth is that technological advancement only replies to the needs of the consumer. Therefore, everything has been invented , at least in our minds . Technology is not independent of us , but rather a mirror of our deepest wants . The promise of technology is simply the satiating of these urges . In William Gibson's science fiction classic Neuromancer we find a vision of the future with metaphors to the present. Like in most novels , it is the allegorical aspect that is worth study. Therefore, this essay will not argue how the novel is prophetic in the conventional sense , for this teaches us nothing . In!stead, it will examine how the promise of technology is representative of the ugliness that creates it. This is shown in t
Essentially, we become half human and half a creation of what society expects of us. "Wintermute was hive mind, decision maker , effecting change in the world outside. This concept is simply an extension of Darwinism. In Neuromancer , God doesn't exist . There is something about this discussion that is very eery . Gibson's "artificial intelligence" in Neuromancer's is another example of technology symbolizing its creators. In Neuromancer, Gibson questions the extent to which man will go to reach perfection . The Matrix was simply a technological advancement that! responded to his natural urges . In this passage we notice that the author chooses to take a concept of nature : the sky , and give it technological attributes. New innovations in our world are only going to be useful if man changes in order to use them properly. His name is even representative of this task. Much like we'd lean over to hug a loved one who has since left us , he seeks the console that brings him his happiness. Extending this to reality , Gibson is trying to say that if we look beyond the institutions of church , synagogues or temple, we live in a Godless society . He wants to survive , he wants a better life ,he wants to be happy and he is scared stiff that all three won't happen.
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