Pedro Parrachia
@parrachia
Tending to the Gardens
of digital-native
regeneration
floristic.xyzPedro Parrachia
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
... See morePedro Parrachia • Eclipsepunk - stress testing visions of better futures
This is what I would like to do. I would like to see if, in the belly of the dying internet, it’s possible to create something that is not like the internet. I want to see if I can poke at the outlines of whatever is coming next.
Sam Kriss • The internet is already over
Human Stuff and Love
I love speculative fiction like Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin 's, which creates alternative versions of reality based on enormous documentary research and invents the foundations of another present, improbable and credible. I'm also constantly on the lookout for situations where reality is surreal, a kind of "magical realism". As a writer of... See more
Anthony Van Den Bossche • «Writing as pollinating», a conversation with Alice Bucknell
universities and
“It became clearer and clearer that disasters are a problem for everyone , and when a disaster doesn’t get enough help that’s bad for everyone , not just the people immediately affected.”
Malka Older • What humanitarian aid might look like in 30 years time
‘lore’—it’s a model of knowledge that is able to interface with both reality and fiction.
Libby Marrs • I Would Very Much Like To Be Excluded From This Lore
There was a period when new tech improved the quality of life, but that time has now ended. In the last decade, we’ve seen new tech harming the people who use it the most—hence most so-called innovations are now anti-progress by any honest definition.
