Consider William Gibson was a guy that knew nothing about computers who came up with this brilliant concept of Cyberpunk setting which he wrote on a manual type writer I believe.
Pretty amazing.
Shockwave Rider on the other hand is a bit more the direction we've gone but has some things we haven't gotten to. It does have some problems that I think are impacting the world and are negative in this novel (I was written quite some time ago). It also has a lot regarding the search for Wisdom as opposed to simply intelligence. It definitely has a cyberpunkish feel to it. Most people would likely prefer Gibson's book, but the concepts and such in Shockwave Rider are powerful.
I know it was inspired by "Future Shock" which is not Sci-Fi but more of futurists trying to make a prediction of which way the world is headed. I've tried reading it a few times and haven't gotten too far. I suspect it'd be easier if I'd read it before many of those things had already come to pass.
Yes, an impressive feat from Gibson, imho.
Shockwave Rider sounds quite interesting and has been added to my list.
The 'shock' from future-predictions is lessened by reading them after things have occurred, I'd imagine. 😄