ENG237H1 Lecture Notes - Arcology, Paolo Soleri, Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics
Document Summary
Explores the increasing interaction between humans and machines and its possible consequences for political and economic power, the environment, popular culture, and the quality of life. Gibson: produced vision in time where people were haunted by idea of urban decay, crime rampant, corruption. Low-lives forced together by the lure of money. Corporations as new form of government, free tech weapons, surveillance is normalised. The novel"s antihero, a drug addict and cyberspace hacker. Attempted to steal from some of his partners in crime. In retaliation they used a russian mycotoxin to damage his nervous system and make him unable to jack into cyberspace. Armitage offers to cure him in exchange for case"s hacking abilities. He gets his liver and pancreas modified to biochemically nullify his ability to get high; meet the leatherclad razorgirl, molly; hang out with the drug-infused space- rastas; free an ai (wintermute) and change the landscape of the matrix. Recruited by molly aka muscle to work for.
