I haven't seen the movie but I often contemplate the idea that our current pessimism about the future makes it so. Media of the past like Star Trek inspired us

I haven't seen the movie but I often contemplate the idea that our current pessimism about the future makes it so. Media of the past like Star Trek inspired us that our future was hopeful. There is also media which tends to look at an idealized past and a longing to go back to it. Though I love his world, Tolkien is an example here. These general narratives show up in a ton of the media we consume and shape our view of the world. Sometimes for the negative and sometimes for the positive. I posit that they shape our real-world direction more than we suspect. We've lost our vision of the future so what's next is bleak because we make it so. We must first have a strong, positive narrative of the future in order for that future to follow.