Neuromancer attitude and values by Han Li XU https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2022-05-19 13:50:21 UTC 2022-06-05 16:55:35 UTC hello@padlet.com "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel" (1) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192131653 As the introduction to the novel, it sets the tone and emphasizes importance of machinery in this world. It's so prevalent that it's used metaphorically to describe something as technology-free as the sky. Metaphorically, it also represents the division between the "fleshy" earth and the cyberpsace matrix. The sky / cyberspace may be a representation of pure data, and it raises questions of whether memories can be recorded as data, and if humanity would be better if it can constantly relive these memories?]]> 2022-05-20 00:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192131653 "I think you screwed up, Case. I showed up and you just fit me right into your reality picture" (20 something) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192139446 This quote is introduced when Case misunderstands Molly and her purpose in the first chapter. This exemplifies that although case lives in a galaxy vastly past his comprehension, he still attempts to manipulate the world around him to fit in with his experience and understanding.]]> 2022-05-20 00:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192139446 xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192146843 In the dystopia of Neuromancer, the capitalist mode of production forces people to commodify their labour and relations into things which can be assigned a price and traded as commodities. This is exemplified when the AI Wintermute assembles a group of role specific character on a missions.]]> 2022-05-20 00:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192146843 Power in Case's world, meant corporate power. (...) viewed as organisms, they had attained a kind of immortality (...) access the vast banks of corporate money (242) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192151376 This quote highlights the power hierarchy / discrepancy between the working and the ruling class. With power concentrated in the hands of the corporations, any pretence of democracy is swept away. When the elected officials do not
have any real power, it does not matter who one votes for. ]]> 2022-05-20 00:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192151376 The suggestion of brutality offset the delicacy of his jaw and the quickness of his smile (Chapter 7) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192153384 2022-05-20 00:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192153384 Unlike my brother. I create my own personality. Personality is my medium (Chapter 23) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192154433 Neuromancer's identity is personality, something more human than artificial intelligence]]> 2022-05-20 00:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192154433 Biz here was a constant subliminal hum, and death the accepted punishment for laziness, carelessness, lack of grace, the failure to heed the demands of an intricate protocol. (Chapter 1) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192156427 2022-05-20 00:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192156427 Screaming Fist, his betrayal, the Congressional hearings. [...] He's not quitea personality. [...] But Corto is in there, and I can no longer maintain thatdelicate balance. He's going to come apart on you, Case. So I'll be countingon you... (146) xu121401 https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192171961 This is another example of commodification - both by the U.S government and Wintermute. Corto has been built up twice to serve specific purposes, as tool for those with power, and in both cases meant to be discarded once he has fufilled his purpose. This contrasts with that of Case and Molly's; they have been interpellated to internalise the ideology, and transform themselves into to desired roles, Corto has been denied any semblance of free will, and is ruthlessly manipulated by others.]]> 2022-05-20 00:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/xu121401/uyoy6wfg8uq53aaa/wish/2192171961