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Polytopias: The Missing Speculative Genre
Escapism is the absolutely predictable oligarchic posture during catastrophic times. The rest of us have to endure the oligarchs’ moronic fantasies—Ukraine is Russia, immortality is possible, space travel will save us, life might be a simulation—as time runs out on our hopes for dignity and survival as a species. A poignant element of our tragedy i
... See moreTimothy Snyder • On Freedom
Thinking in utopia or dystopia is too black and white. We need to consider transtopian matrices. You know that Tim Urban graph that shows a single line going to the right, forking out into more and more possibilities in the future? While we can’t predict precisely what society will be like in 2045, we can map the categories, questions, and dualisms
... See moreFour-and-a-half years ago, as the COVID epidemic hit its first, horrible spike, Jamais Cascio , a professional futurist, wrote a prescient and helpful post titled, “Facing the Age of Chaos.” He began with this simple insight: “This current moment of political mayhem, climate disasters, and global pandemic — and so much more — vividly demonstrates t... See more
Micah L. Sifry • When History Overflows, Build a Lifeboat
Eclipsepunk aims to explore the limits of solarpunk narratives by continuously testing them in creative scenarios. This includes collaborative storytelling and worldbuilding tools like Design Fiction, indie ttRPGs, and other forms of future studies such as art projects or installations with interactive components for exploring potential futures th
... See morePedro Parrachia • Eclipsepunk - stress testing visions of better futures
Today, we are nostalgists as much as we are futurists. The new technology enables the simultaneous experience and enactment of events from a multiplicity of positions. Far from signalling its demise, these emergent networks facilitate the democratisation of history, illuminating the forking paths along which its grand narratives may navigate the he
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