On April 14th, The Guardian published a piece entitled “The Big Idea: Will Sci-Fi End Up Destroying the World?”—a headline so riddled with passive deflection and intellectual laziness that it’s almost impressive in its audacity. In it, writer Sam Freedman attempts to draw a line between the speculative fiction of the last half-century and the …
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We’ve inherited a vision of cyberspace that doesn’t fit the world anymore. It’s the old dream: jacking in, neon grids, haptic gloves, and datastreams that feel like a second world. That vision—iconic in its time—was built on pre-Bluetooth, pre-iPhone, pre-AI thinking. But we’re still clinging to it. Still telling stories as if cyberspace is a …
Most people today weren’t around for the 1960s—and even if they were, the lessons of that era feel distant. Looking back has its place, but today’s cultural shifts are being shaped by new pressures. Still, there are echoes of the past. Power is consolidating. Tensions are rising. And once again, society is witnessing the emergence …
