cyberpunks
High-tech dystopian outlaws
Cyberpunks are people immersed in the culture surrounding cyberpunk—a science fiction genre focused on high technology and social decay, typically featuring hackers, artificial intelligence, and corporate dystopias.
The term also describes real-world tech enthusiasts, hackers, or activists who embrace the genre's rebellious, anti-establishment ethos: The cyberpunks gathered at the convention to discuss digital privacy.
Unauthorized computer system intruders
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- counter-cultureMovement opposing mainstream values
- deckersThings with stacked levels
- chromeReflective metal coating
wetware · meatspace · sprawl · megacorp · dystopia · neon · rain-slicked streets · black market
Instrument brand or cocktail
- NeuromancerCyberpunk AI antagonist
- Blade RunnerOne who retires replicants
- SterlingPersonal or place name
- AkiraJapanese given name meaning "bright"
Philip K. Dick · Stephenson · Matrix · ICE · black ice · deck · console
Inert illuminating element
- chromeReflective metal coating
- augmentationsAdditions that increase capacity
- mohawksCenter-strip haircuts
- leatherTanned animal skin
mirrorshades · implants · tattoos · piercings · prosthetics · LED · holographic · trenchcoats
Opposing dominant institutions
- transhumanistTechnology-enhanced evolution advocate
- anarchistOne opposing all governance
- privacyFreedom from observation
- encryptionConverting data into code
decentralization · resistance · body autonomy · biohacking · open-source · digital rights · posthuman · grey market
hackers
Unauthorized computer system intruders
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- counter-cultureMovement opposing mainstream values
- deckersThings with stacked levels
chrome · wetware · meatspace · sprawl · megacorp · dystopia · neon · rain-slicked streets · black market · fixers
Gibson
Instrument brand or cocktail
- NeuromancerCyberpunk AI antagonist
- Blade RunnerOne who retires replicants
- SterlingPersonal or place name
Philip K. Dick · Stephenson · Akira · Matrix · ICE · black ice · deck · console
neon
Inert illuminating element
- chromeReflective metal coating
- augmentationsAdditions that increase capacity
- mohawksCenter-strip haircuts
leather · mirrorshades · implants · tattoos · piercings · prosthetics · LED · holographic · trenchcoats · goggles
anti-establishment
Opposing dominant institutions
- transhumanistTechnology-enhanced evolution advocate
- anarchistOne opposing all governance
- privacyFreedom from observation
encryption · decentralization · resistance · body autonomy · biohacking · open-source · digital rights · posthuman · grey market · underground networks
- internet culturememes, meme, trolling, influencers, content creators
- techiesgeeks, nerds, techies, coders, programmers
cyberpunksconformists
Those obeying social norms
company men · wage slaves · squares · suits · sheeple
cyberpunksyuppies
Materialistic city professionals
Luddites · technophobes · suburbanites · traditionalists · transhumanists
- Cyberpunk 2077Dystopian futuristic action RPG
- cyberpunk aestheticsFuturistic urban decay style
- cyberpunk cityFuturistic urban dystopia