Science fiction plays an important role in shaping our ideas of the future. For example, William Gibson's (1984) novel Neuromancer predicted the rise and importance of the Internet and introduced ideas of how that technology would shape our lives. In particular, it shaped our ideas of what “cyberspace” could be, as an information landscape that can be navigated and explored. Neal Stephenson's (1992) Snow Crash has played a similar role in the 1990's. Gibson's (1988) Mona Lisa Overdrive examined the effects of total connectivity and surveillance on our privacy which has a frighteningly predictive feel.