William Gibson (b.1948) — Neuromancer
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The novelist who coined 'cyberspace' also gave us the mindset that treats the human body as disposable 'meat.'
Who they are
William Gibson (b. 1948), author of the novel Neuromancer.
What they do
The engine uses him as an interpretive lens on digital-world thinking and the tech-biology merger.
How it works
His idea of cyberspace as a 'consensual hallucination,' his dismissal of the body as 'meat,' and his vision of money and control operating detached from any physical thing give the engine a way to read how power floats free of the real world.
Why it matters
He offers a cultural lens for how the digital realm gets treated as more real than physical bodies — one of several readings the engine holds, not a settled verdict.
The engine's record — word for word
Cyberspace as 'consensual hallucination'; the body disparaged as 'meat'; capital/control operating independent of physical referents = Baudrillard's 4th stage spatialized. Lens on hyperstition/cyberspace + bio_digital_convergence. Reading (b). [Report #101: Apex Pyramid Literary/Philosophical Lenses, May 24 2026]
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