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Is that actually more true now than it was in, say, the 1950s, or is it just that pessimism is the preferred way for educated people to fit in?
by mbg721 4y ago
Is that actually more true now than it was in, say, the 1950s, or is it just that pessimism is the preferred way for educated people to fit in?
- tpoacher 4y agoThe typical dystopian novel envisaged states of complete surveillance and technology turning against humanity. This is far more possible now with internet and AI than it was in the 50s, and we're already seeing the very same technologies envisaged in those novels being created and turned against humanity right on point (drones, surveillance, loss of privacy, mass media manipulation, etc). It's not a statement about life being better or worse than the 50s per se; that can be debated. But we're definitely in a far more "dystopian" state of affairs than we were in the 50s.