Framtiden är så ljus att man måste ha spegelglasögon

Cornucopia – 7 april 2011
Som 70-talist var jag i åldern där man/jag började läsa litteratur direkt på ursprungsspråket engelska i mitten av 80-talet. Uteslutande sf förstås. En litterär strömning som dök upp på 80-talet var den sk cyberpunk, som utspelade sig i en oftast ospecificerad nära framtid där rådande trender skruvats till sin extrem. Oftast med ett fokus på globala datanätverk, trots att Internet på 80-talet var okänt för de flesta och begränsat till bland annat idag allt mer bortglömda protokoll och system som FTP (med Archie som sökmotor), Gopher, IRC, Usenet mm.
Helst skulle man koppla upp sig mot de globala datanätverken via virtuella världar, åtminstone i böcker som Vernor Vinges True names (http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=362&a=1559424&g=17415644&url=http://www.bokus.com/bok/9780312862077/true-names-and-the-opening-of-the-cyberspace-frontier/) (1981) eller William Gibsons Neuromancer (http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=362&a=1559424&g=17415644&url=http://www.bokus.com/bok/9780006480419/neuromancer/) (1984) [Trivia: Uttala Neuromancer som New Romancer, så inser man en litterär koppling till romantiken]. Andra framträdande författare var t ex Walter Jon Williams med Hardwired (http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=362&a=1559424&g=17415644&url=http://www.bokus.com/bok/9781597800624/hardwired/) (1986) eller Bruce Sterling inklusive antologin Mirrorshades mfl böcker. Cyberpunk lever väl i någon omfattning kvar även om man kanske kan säga att genrén dog i och med Neal Stephensons överlägsna och oerhört underhållande (för den insatta genréparodin) Snow Crash (http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=362&a=1559424&g=17415644&url=http://www.bokus.com/bok/9780140232929/snow-crash/) (1992). Därmed var allt som kunde sägas sagt.
Så varför skriver jag det här? Ett genomgående inslag var att i framtiden (dvs nu), så skulle krig om och med information vara lika betydelsefullt som gårdagens krig på slagfältet, och stulen information skulle handlas för stora summor pengar precis som vilket annat stöldgods som helst. I Hardwired finns det rent av exempel på hur man via virtuella och fysiska händelser kraschar ett företags aktie för att sedan aggressivt köpa och ta över företaget. Verkligheten och dikten.
Men den framtid som beskrevs på 80-talet är redan här nu. Vi har ett världsomspännande datornätverk som alla är uppkopplade mot, inte ovanligt 24/7 via iPhones eller Androider. En del av oss är rent av cyborger, åtminstone hörselskadade som idag kan ha elektroniska implantat som gör att de kan höra. Kanske brister det lite i att vi sitter online i virtual reality, men virtuella världar har vi gott om.
Och från och med idag kan vem som helst handla med information direkt från person till person via den nyss lanserade internationella tjänsten...

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