“We’ll all die, but not for sure”. The world of cyberpunk: do we already live in a dystopia

The boundless power of international corporations, predominance of digital tech, an enormous gap between social strata, globalization erasing smaller cultures. These are the main pillars of the cyberpunk genre – as well as the main world trends. How soon will we come to living in the world of cyberpunk? The famous author Ian McDonald tries to help us wrap our mind around the topic.