Do We Need More Utopias?
42: The Answer to Almost Everything · Season 1 · Episode 110
Depictions of the future in popular science fiction novels or films are often bleak, while positive utopias and tales of a new golden age are beginning to fade. Why is this shift taking place? Has our grim view of the world made us lose hope for a better future? And what does this say about our vision of what is to come?
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Season
1
Episode
110
Air Date
10/Mar/2024
Air Time
—
Runtime
26 min
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Depictions of the future in popular science fiction novels or films are often bleak, while positive utopias and tales of a new golden age are beginning to fade. Why is this shift taking place? Has our grim view of the world made us lose hope for a better future? And what does this say about our vision of what is to come?
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