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State of Dystopia: Election 2020

Posted on December 16, 2020 (Updated on December 31, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

A deep dive into how the 2020 election portends for dystopia, and why it just might be one of the worst outcomes.

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Don’t Forget About Nukes

Posted on October 28, 2020 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

Why you should care about nukes at least as much as all the other issues you hear about (climate change, AI, etc), and a recap of how dangerous 2020 has been.

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Amazon’s Biggest Merger

Posted on October 14, 2020 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

In honor of Prime Day 2020, an overview of Amazon’s biggest merger: not a merger with peer corporations, but the police state.

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Some thoughts on coronavirus

Posted on March 10, 2020 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

Why I think coronavirus will prompt a shift, long in the making, to greater digitization. More surveillance, more automation, and more of daily life moved online.

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Amazon’s wildfires are increasing dystopia awareness

Posted on August 22, 2019 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

Dystopia awareness has been generally on the rise the last few years. You can see it in the movies and TV shows we consume. Media personalities are picking up on it too. And of course, the general Gen X – Millenial demographics seem to largely accept the future as dystopian. The abundance of forums and […]

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I hope PreShow never takes off

Posted on March 25, 2019 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

I’ve been procrastinating a lot and delaying a long roundup for late 2018 – early 2019, but the moment I found out about this, I knew it had to be a separate entry. PreShow is a startup that in short, wants you to watch 15-20 minutes of advertisements to earn points that will let you […]

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r/UpliftingNews dystopia

Posted on March 14, 2019 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

Popular posts on the subreddit r/UpliftingNews regularly betray an underlying dystopia.

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A list of social media’s Frankensteins

Posted on March 24, 2018 (Updated on November 5, 2020) in State of Dystopia: Thematic

A continually updated list of social media engineers, developers, and executives who have expressed regret over the online world they’ve helped build.

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What is present punk?

Hello visitors! In short, present punk is the idea that we are either currently living in a cyberpunk world, or that one is imminent.

The main purpose of this blog is to curate a collection of all the news stories today that prove this idea, from the latest corporate takeovers to the newest tech innovations.

The secondary purpose is to reckon with dystopia becoming true.

You can visit our about page for more information – if not, happy reading!

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