I expect it to be negative and pessimistic for the most part and at the things that it HAS TO be, but the evils have to be subtle. People living in the first world of a cyberpunk setting should at least believe they are happy in order to allow corporations and governments to get away with the things they do, it would be those conscious of the problems that should be depressed about the state of the world. I also like to some extent the transhuman solutions to human/transhuman problems, good, but I don't like anything that has to do with forced evolution (it doesn't mean you can't talk about it, just don't make it too clear that this is the only/best option). I like what technology offers us when it comes to tools, entertainment... but I'm also cautios in how overdependance on technology might render us morons (fanboyism, some very unfortunate entrances of unneeded technology in fields like education and other simmilar phenomena).
I want to see how technology helps us overcome diseases (both in my cyberpunk and in MY future) while the military uses it to create new diseases and unfair edges in war and the pharmaceutical corps. invent new diseases and they'd rather give you treatment than a cure (ONLY in my cyberpunk, although I know I'll see this in MY future, and I don't like it).
I'm really cautious about the whole "technology is a leveler" line of thought, because not everyone can afford it. It's one thing to have prostheses for the crippled (if someone has to invest money in this because he wasn't born lucky... meh... better when you have universal healthcare, but universal healthcare in a cyberpunk? I want cyberpunk to make people more aware of problems, not to endorse consumerism!) and another thing to have people enhance themselves to a point were competence is more than disloyal (oh, this feeling of deja vu)... I've read that Texhnolyze (an anime I'm planning to give a second chance, it came off as way unbearably angsty the first time I tried) is somewhat about young people that sever their limbs to get cybernetics installed, so... yeah, what's with that? Getting prostheses when you don't need them, shouldn't that be offensive?
The most positive vibe I get from cyberpunk works is when characters get to connect with people with good ideas be it revolutionary or moral, or moments of "there's some beauty still in the world, something to protect".
I also sometimes wonder if those idealized futures where all Earth stands politically united... are really that good. Yay, for world peace but... how exactly is Earth united? Is it like some country is a metropolis of first class citizens and the rest is colonies of lower class citizens? Is lack of conflict that good or are people coerced into thinking the exact same way? I tend to prefer how the structure of the internet bridges people by groups of interest, no matter the frontiers, while NON-VIOLENT conflict creates a dynamic where stagnation is less probable.
I also like a facet of legacy 'Soylent Green' left (not only direct references but that bucket of "Froot" in Futurama) denounce how the economy and market of food work, people don't know what they eat (horse cannelloni -not labelled as containing horse meat, mind you- and other similar scandals) and corporations just think about the benefits and show a complete disrespect for the consumer.
