The Cyberpunk Dystopia predicted 40 years ago is upon us. Some of us were more prepared than others, but now that we are in the shit, I realize that we either all make it out together or we don't make it at all. We don't need heroes or heroics, we need collectives working for mutual benefit.
I wrote some thoughts about this for 2600 The Hacker Quarterly last in 2021 which I recently placed on my blog.
https://hacker-ethic.flynnos.org/2023/01/26/i-thought-the-cyberpunk-dystopia-would-be-a-hacker-paradise-i-failed-to-heed-the-cautionary-tale/