ICE vs firewalls, Black ICE vs cyber weapons, the zaibatsu vs the tech oligarchs. He envisioned it first.
In episode #1 of The Dilation, we highlight the prophetic vision of a small group of outcasts that woke up the world in the 70s and 80s and not only inspired the imaginations in silicon valley and around the world, but also the conflicts that would come to manifest in this alternate plane of existence.
We’ll map Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy against the infrastructure of the real internet: ICE vs firewalls, Black ICE vs cyber weapons, the zaibatsu and military systems vs the tech oligarchs and cyberwarfare today, the console cowboy as the evolution of the phone phreaker, and the existential threat to humans that took root in cyberspace, and the warning this poses today in 2026.
