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Illustration for <n>The Techno-Optimist Manifesto</n> by <n>Marc Andreessen</n> for <n>Andreessen Horowitz</n>.

A scene from the 1995 cyberpunk film <n>Johnny Mnemonic</n>.

<n>Beehive Micro B terminals</n> on the cover of <n>Creative Computing</n> magazine, March 1980.

A <n>Vaporwave</n>-style illustration of the <n>Internet Explorer logo</n>.

A scene from <n>The Truman Show</n> (1998), directed by <n>Peter Weir</n>, starring <n>Jim Carrey</n> as <n>Truman Burbank</n>.

A computer setup in a forest, an image popularized as a meme about "touching grass."

Artwork from the <n>Disposable Conversations</n> series by artist <n>John Yuyi</n>.

A <n>Weirdcore</n> image used to depict <n>Level 386: 'Skyward Ladders'</n> in the Backrooms lore.

A portrait by Ukrainian artist <n>Hanne Zaruma</n> created with upcycled mobile phones.

A photograph from the <n>STARTSTOP</n> series by artist <n>Aaron Wu</n>.

<n>NASA</n>'s <n>Virtual Interface Environment Workstation (VIEW)</n>, developed at Ames Research Center in 1989.

Photo by <n>Thomas Albdorf</n> featuring model <n>Helena Severin</n> and a <n>Wassily Chair</n> by <n>Marcel Breuer</n>.

The 2017 photograph <n>SIM Card</n> by artist <n>Gab Bois</n>.

Conceptual artwork by Latvian artist <n>Hanne Zaruma</n>.

Digital artwork <n>ethernet</n> by <n>Cyberdreams</n> in the <n>Frutiger Aero</n> style.