speculative fiction that attempts to feel out how something that fits the exact use of the modern internet might work (I remember reading a Stanislaw Lem book that went on & on about the internet but made out of cassette tapes) because they were written half a century ago or books that get starried-eyed about what the internet might turn out to be used for (wHaT iF yOu HaVe To BuY aIr OnLiNe. Id even r what book this was) to be incredibly tedious.
It's gotten to the point that when looking for books to read, if a book is scifi & written before y2k I just straight up skip it. I have no tolerance anymore for people from the 60's speculating on what the internet might be. Anyone else get this?
this was something I found funny about Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
fully-immersive VR technology is commonplace and even part of the dominant religion's rituals, but the media is still primarily TV and radio
Are you suggesting that the internet replaced TV and radio or that VR will eventually replace TV and radio? Because I gotta say that most people (and a lot of people online) predominantly interact with others around strictly linear, fictional media pieces like GoT, the Mandolorean, whatever superhero fantasy movie du jour is currently predominant in the world today.