Teach your children,, to read..

[JJ_BPK]

Let your kids get a head start on their future.

They might be able to change the outcome if they understand this started as FICTIONALIZED SiFi stories written 70+ yrs ago.

[Box]

Your graphic shows a few coincidentally similar dystopian works of fiction.


The present day United States of American Idol is nothing like those story lines
True we may have a few similarities....
-A society that no longer reads books
-A society that no longer enjoys nature (they eagerly advocate for nature as if it is a person but they definitely don’t enjoy it)
-A society that no longer spends time by themselves (physically alone in their parents basements, but surrounded by hundreds of virtual social network friends)
-A society that no longer thinks independently (because morning joe and mr snuffalupagus tells them what to think)
-A society that no longer has meaningful conversations (preferring group chats and tik-toks)
-We watch big screen TV and walk around with our wireless earbuds jammed into our skulls
-A decades long war on terrorism that has led the creation of a “surveillance” state
-Giant bureaucracies that “black list” folks by name even if it is just a spelling error
-Government sanctioned hedonism
-Government sanctioned recreational drugs
-Government mandated and controlled health care (but we can still keep our doctor if we want)
-Biometrics to track the populace
-A government that wants to control your meat intake via synthetic means

…I just don’t see the connection

[EricV]

Geez... that stuff scares me!!

Us "Faint of heart"sorts are gonna stick to what feels good in these trying times of quarantine!!



https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...73713633.html*

“My hair is a mess, and I think I’ve put on makeup twice, so it felt really good those days. I felt like a whole different person when I finally got up and got it together,” she added.

[Golf1echo]

Here is what the EU would have their subjects read. As mentioned note the date... What do they say about coincidences...
https://summit.news/2020/05/15/bizar...s-as-saviours/

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by Golf1echo

Here is what the EU would have their subjects read.

First paragraph's hyperlink works to download the thing in PDF.

Interestingly, the "Back to Reality" explanations at the very end of the document contain a warning about messaging:

One way forward is probably through better explanation to the public and frontline professionals that ‘the experts do not know it all’ and that in fact they often ‘do not know.’ Although this may complicate the life of political decision-makers, candid statements on what is certain and what is not clearly known might increase confidence in times of crisis, and avoid the ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ phenomenon.

[Badger52]

Good list; I'd add Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"

Dystopia you want?
"If you ever wonder where we're at on the dystopia scale, consider that it's normal to believe the government is spying on you, and crazy to believe that they're not."
- Snowden