State of Dystopia for July: mostly the continued concentration of economic power, with some global tensions mixed in.
Issue #3: A Lonely Depression
The coronavirus pandemic has produced a unique economic downturn. A young adult grapples with an ever-atomized society and an economy going nowhere.
State of Dystopia: Coronavirus Edition, May 2020
The state of dystopia for May 2020, mostly about shifting economic power upwards.
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 […]