The sort of Lain / Deus Ex 1 / Ghost in the Shell (and to some lesser extent Evangelion) y2k throwback stuff is interesting because that cultural moment wasn't kitsch, it wasn't oh what a quaint old time and a unique aesthetic, it was a time for genuinely thoughtful analysis of what happens to the self and to society under the condition of constant network access, and if we want to stay the same or if maybe it'd be better to change.
Good subject for actual hauntology - attempting to pick up where things left off, or imagine if things had proceeded in a different trajectory and then actualize that other momentum, rather than just a fancier word for nostalgia.
