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“focus your energy on what you want to see more of” has some distressing implications for the whole genre of dystopian fiction. it suggests that dystopian fiction doesn’t successfully act as a warning, and if anything makes dystopias look cooler, more familiar, more thinkable
e.g. squid game is ostensibly supposed to be some kind of warning about the dangers of capitalism or inequality or w/e, and also, the basic premise was so cool youtubers immediately began running their own squid games - minus the death obviously https://t.co/RerDguULIP
i wonder if it’s just impossible to keep writing about a distant abstract threat over the course of decades before it stops viscerally registering as a threat at all. warnings should perhaps be saved for imminent threats, that’s how we’re used to threats being
The Ones Who Misread Omelas https://t.co/SRfvCZNYdz
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@QiaochuYuan Truth! This thought changed the direction of Ignesius, the sci-fi novel I'm writing right now. Rather than dystopian fiction, I'm seeking solpunk - a story that will forcibly reframe life and share new perspectives of reality. I hope to lead understanding #Alçente.
@QiaochuYuan see @HephaistosF's idea for a Hopepunk anthology: https://t.co/rQTIuVUGpd