70 years have passed since the Virtualization began.
It was an easy process. Less scary than anyone had expected, given the actual technologies implemented at the time. 3D printing led to solid vision. Yottronâ„¢ Gazersâ„¢ led to data viewers. Microchip implants led to digital scanners. Before we knew it, the system became too big, too connected.
It was only a matter of time, in fact. The world always moved in this direction.
Once the first Virtualizer was created, humanity was able to achieve world peace at long last. By analyzing and converting organic and non-organic matter alike, waste and pollution was finally ended. Hunger and thirst was no longer an issue once replicate matter was freely allowed. Monetary power was no longer an issue dividing human beings, as commonwealth became a standard of life.
At last, the world was as good as it should be.
Of course... some would disagree. After all, Virtualization meant an increased dependence on the Megacorps - Yottronâ„¢, CaraACaraâ„¢, Buhaddâ„¢, Piadorâ„¢ - as only they could spare the amounts and manpower required to maintain Virtualization in such a global scale, as seen in the Third World incident. They were also just as aggressive in establishing it, as seen in the Middle East incident.
It also led to the emergence of the Dashtags - those anarchists who had finally found a way to perform their brand of anarchy from within the system, safe and sound somehow. Taking on all flags and declaring war on the Patriarchy, the Dashtags created their own 'nation' within the system, using it to promote all sorts of actions against it while still trying to profit from the system itself. Nowhere could this be better seen than in the Sexual Revolution they promoted, where they tried to impose a new multitude of genders.
It's funny how the world works.
The Hackers were already an existence prior to Virtualization. So many stories of their actions, those who were able to cripple entire nations with mere strokes in a keyboard, and those who used those same skills to reinforce the society they were born in. Once Virtualization finally happened, they were among the first ones to join in completely, using the newer cybernetics to rebuild their bodies, becoming better capable of interacting with the world around them.
After all... Virtualization converted the world around us into code. Why wouldn't those who already knew how to code apply their skills to it?
The society of Programs certainly owes a lot to them. After all, were it not for one Hacker seeking a little too much, they would never exist in their modern, physical form. And for that, they're certainly grateful - as necessary as the invisible Programs are, being able to be acknowledge is a need that any sentient being has. And their ability to be anything anyone would need...
And yet, as ideal as it looks, their society is far from ideal. I certainly understand why some Programs grow Viral after all, despite all the problems involved in it. And... seeing what the Incógnita have done to them...
This is a strange world. And we must live in it...
--Dos logs históricos de Segunda
The above does need some work... but well, here's my offer to the world of cyberpunk - a cleaner kind, I guess.
Within the next century [taking this decade as the starting point], technology advances to the point where humanity is able to 'virtualize' the whole world - essentially combining the virtual world of the internet to the real world in the greatest MMORPG manner [well, maybe in the Star Ocean 3 way] - and thus solve all of its problems.
And yet, even if the world feels better, there's certainly problems. After all, there are some things in human nature that not even virtualization and cybernetics cannot correct on their own, and even make it worse.
Right now, this is the setup, of course. I mostly wanted to get this set so I wouldn't lose it...
It was an easy process. Less scary than anyone had expected, given the actual technologies implemented at the time. 3D printing led to solid vision. Yottronâ„¢ Gazersâ„¢ led to data viewers. Microchip implants led to digital scanners. Before we knew it, the system became too big, too connected.
It was only a matter of time, in fact. The world always moved in this direction.
Once the first Virtualizer was created, humanity was able to achieve world peace at long last. By analyzing and converting organic and non-organic matter alike, waste and pollution was finally ended. Hunger and thirst was no longer an issue once replicate matter was freely allowed. Monetary power was no longer an issue dividing human beings, as commonwealth became a standard of life.
At last, the world was as good as it should be.
Of course... some would disagree. After all, Virtualization meant an increased dependence on the Megacorps - Yottronâ„¢, CaraACaraâ„¢, Buhaddâ„¢, Piadorâ„¢ - as only they could spare the amounts and manpower required to maintain Virtualization in such a global scale, as seen in the Third World incident. They were also just as aggressive in establishing it, as seen in the Middle East incident.
It also led to the emergence of the Dashtags - those anarchists who had finally found a way to perform their brand of anarchy from within the system, safe and sound somehow. Taking on all flags and declaring war on the Patriarchy, the Dashtags created their own 'nation' within the system, using it to promote all sorts of actions against it while still trying to profit from the system itself. Nowhere could this be better seen than in the Sexual Revolution they promoted, where they tried to impose a new multitude of genders.
It's funny how the world works.
The Hackers were already an existence prior to Virtualization. So many stories of their actions, those who were able to cripple entire nations with mere strokes in a keyboard, and those who used those same skills to reinforce the society they were born in. Once Virtualization finally happened, they were among the first ones to join in completely, using the newer cybernetics to rebuild their bodies, becoming better capable of interacting with the world around them.
After all... Virtualization converted the world around us into code. Why wouldn't those who already knew how to code apply their skills to it?
The society of Programs certainly owes a lot to them. After all, were it not for one Hacker seeking a little too much, they would never exist in their modern, physical form. And for that, they're certainly grateful - as necessary as the invisible Programs are, being able to be acknowledge is a need that any sentient being has. And their ability to be anything anyone would need...
And yet, as ideal as it looks, their society is far from ideal. I certainly understand why some Programs grow Viral after all, despite all the problems involved in it. And... seeing what the Incógnita have done to them...
This is a strange world. And we must live in it...
--Dos logs históricos de Segunda
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The above does need some work... but well, here's my offer to the world of cyberpunk - a cleaner kind, I guess.
Within the next century [taking this decade as the starting point], technology advances to the point where humanity is able to 'virtualize' the whole world - essentially combining the virtual world of the internet to the real world in the greatest MMORPG manner [well, maybe in the Star Ocean 3 way] - and thus solve all of its problems.
And yet, even if the world feels better, there's certainly problems. After all, there are some things in human nature that not even virtualization and cybernetics cannot correct on their own, and even make it worse.
Right now, this is the setup, of course. I mostly wanted to get this set so I wouldn't lose it...