The state of dystopia for May 2020, mostly about shifting economic power upwards.
State of Dystopia: Coronavirus Edition, May 2020
People in Bloom – On the Stairway
Blooming on the stairway.
People in Bloom – The Flower Queen
The second person in bloom – the flower queen.
People in Bloom – The Breakdancer
The first of the People in Bloom Series: a friend who bboys/breakdances turning into a rose.
Issue #2: Bionics Without Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance has overwhelmed modern medicine. Bionic augmentations have become the prevailing “cure” of the day, as glorified amputations.
Issue #1: Dystopia Awareness
Issue #1, Dystopia Awareness: an unknown narrator in the future misses the days of pessimism.
Some thoughts on coronavirus
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.
November 2019 update: plutocrats ARE coming out of hiding.
If you’re like me, you may have been hoping for this. The only thing that would be better is Hillary making another attempt. All of this just makes the message of the left clearer: The very wealthy are in opposition to us fundamentally, and need to be reigned in so we can all have a […]
Amazon’s wildfires are increasing dystopia awareness
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 […]
Roundup for August 2018 – March 2019
16 stories from August 2018 to March 2019 that prove cyberpunk dystopia is imminent.