# That’s so cyberpunk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-so-cyberpunk/834150>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-so-cyberpunk/834150 "2019-05-18T14:20:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-so-cyberpunk/834150/1 "2019-05-18T14:20:29Z")

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It’s a well known fact that we are currently living in the dystopian future. Occasionally (constantly), the news reminds me of this. The short-lived Alliance of American Football and their plan to have a summer football league and monetize it by offering app based real-time gambling, allowing people to bet on plays as they happen, and wiring the players with heart monitors so their exertion and fatigue levels could by monitored by viewers- that’s just so cyberpunk.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-so-cyberpunk/834150/2 "2019-05-18T14:28:21Z")

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Why don’t baseball players’ uniforms have sensors in the elbows and knees–coupled with laser readers in the home plate–so there would be no doubt about calling strikes?