Step into the matrix with ReReadium as we dive into William Gibson’s "Neuromancer", the 1984 cyberpunk landmark that coined “cyberspace” and imagined AI‑haunted networks long before the internet ruled our lives. In this episode, we explore how Gibson’s vision of data as power, bodies wired into machines, and corporations eclipsing governments anticipates our own age of always‑online work, targeted ads, and AI systems making decisions in the background of everyday life. Tune in to find out whether we’re still reading a dystopian future—or finally living in it.

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://www.publicbooks.org/a-global-neuromancer/
• https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/what-does-neuromancer-have-to-teach-us-about-the-role-of-ai-is-society/
• https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/what-does-neuromancer-have-to-teach-us-about-the-role-of-ai-is-society/
• https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1023611/FULLTEXT02
• https://www.ertorteguy.com/blog/why-neuromancer-is-more-relevant-than-ever-in-the-age-of-ai
• Neelam, Asma and Zaidi, Saba, A Postmodernist Study of Environmental Conversion from Natural to Technological in Neuromancer Through the Lens of Ecocide (January 24, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3108541 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3108541
• https://is.muni.cz/th/zxtuu/Bachelor_s_Thesis_Anna_Fricova_-_final.pdf
• https://mbh4h.substack.com/p/neuromancer-2025-review-william-gibson

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