Neuromancer to Neuropunk: Science Fiction’s Disenchantment of the Mind
Patrick Whitmarsh Human consciousness, that poor cripple, that deformed and doomed thing, is about to be born. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow There is a pleasing irony in composing a think-piece about the mind’s capacity for thought. The topic has fascinated philosophers for centuries, its modern vocabulary and mode of inquiry deriving from…