I have to specifiy that I'm talking primarly about the game fluff wise not his implementation rulewise, from the point of a somewhat realistic evolution in metaplot SR had in all his edition either technology and magic MUST evolve, the principal motive SR is alive, apart from someone put money in it, is his live history, this is the difference with cyberpunk that was dead in all account, the RL take it on technology and the cultural not have all the weight has in his prime, not so Shadowrun, it evolve!Either in the sci-fy version of science, in the magic sector and in the ideology behind all that. I'm full support either the Nanotech and UMT because is natural evolution of the things, and with that I'm not saying they are the ONLY evolution of it, a shaman remain a shaman like an hermetic and like a possession mage or all the chrome and the other "medicals".
Well color me a bit disappointed when I was hit by nostalgia books, I don't want to be harsh but well... putting the clock backward usually don't works, no technology could be "uninvented", same for magic, it's ok a bit of nostalgia once in a time but shouldn't be more than a bit. From the point of metaplot can't really uninvent anything in an evolving timeline as Shadowrun's one.
Well something like that happened, I'm not talking about calling Decker an Hacker or use the old lingo in shadowtalk, even the lingo evolve though, and SR is FAST,ask any Great Scaliness if you dare...
OK reading this seems more bad than I really think but those things are there... and I think I don't like it because was projected not at the "new" players but to sell the game to the old boogie like me but is a bit shortsighted if that, but yeah I'm doing a lot of inferences here from all the nostalgia around and maybe I wrong...