What is Biopunk? The Sci-Fi of Flesh, Genes & Corporate Plagues Explained

Описание: We know the future of chrome and circuits. But what if the next frontier is not machine, but flesh? This is a deep dive into Biopunk, the darker, stranger cousin of Cyberpunk, where the primary landscape is the human body itself.

Join us at The Future Past as we dissect this unsettling genre, exploring:
• The Aesthetic: The body horror of Scorn and David Cronenberg's eXistenZ.
• The Technology: The corporate-made plagues of Resident Evil.
• The Philosophy: The existential questions of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

This is an exploration of our deepest anxieties about biology, and a future that may be closer than we think.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 The Next Frontier
1:10 Pillar 1: The Aesthetic of Body Horror
3:00 Pillar 2: The Genetic Code as a Playground
4:55 (CTA) A Terrifying Idea
5:20 Pillar 3: The Loss of the Natural Human
7:05 The Feverish Future

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Recommended Reading – Biopunk & Genetic Horror
• The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi – Biopunk dystopia at its finest: https://amzn.to/4oyDjT4
• Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo – The collection that defined biopunk: https://amzn.to/4fEnEh8
• Blood Music by Greg Bear – Nanotechnology meets biology: https://amzn.to/3Jwttko
• The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells – The original genetic horror: https://amzn.to/4mCtj9x
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood – Corporate genetic manipulation: https://amzn.to/4mgtffY

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