There's a conversation at /r/ghost_in_the_shell that led me to wonder what you think, since /r/cyberpunk is the cyberpunk subreddit.

The conversation is Ghost In The Shell (2017) Isn't Cyberpunk.

I contributed a definition of "cyberpunk" (see below), to which /u/Janeator helpfully responded:

I find this to be stupid. I don't think this is a determining factor in wether something is cyberpunk or not.

Also, r/cyberpunk sucks and the people there can't even agree on what Cyberpunk is themselves so yeah.

Rather than argue with some random, I thought, why not ask the entire subreddit of people who might actually know what they're talking about?

Below you'll find the definition of cyberpunk. It seems adequate to me, but I'm curious what you think of it. Do you agree with this definition of cyberpunk? Do you think it's basically correct or completely wrong?

The /r/cyberpunk wiki contains the following definition(s):

What is "cyberpunk"?

Originally it was a term to describe a post-modernist vision of science fiction in the early 80s, but took on a life of it's own. Some might say it is where we are heading in our current culture.

In short, cyberpunk can be described as:

• High tech, low life

A longer description would be:

• Classic cyberpunk characters were marginalized, alienated loners who lived on the edge of society in generally dystopic futures where daily life was impacted by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body.

or:

• Transhumanism is about how technology will eventually help us overcome the problems that have, up until now, been endemic to human nature. Cyberpunk is about how technology won't.