technoutopianism
In 2016, Californians Can Vote to Turn Silicon Valley Into Its Own State
In two years, California voters will have the dubious option of dissolving the state of California, thanks to the PR machine of a single tech mogul.
Guaranteeing a Minimum Income Has Been a Utopian Dream for Centuries
Switzerland's move to pay its citizens $2,800 a month for simply for being alive isn't a new idea—Islamic Caliphates, American Revolutionaries, and Martin Luther King, Jr have all pushed for a basic mincome.
Science Fiction Tricked Hollywood Into Making the Year's Most Radical Film
Sure, it's a dumb, big budget sci-fi film. But there's a reason conservatives hate Elysium so much.
How We Got Programmed: Adam Curtis's 'All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace'
over the years, in his free-form documentary tours of the politics of science, consumerism, and fear, Adam Curtis has made the argument – in a way that manages to be digestible and awkwardly hilarious – that we are never as free as we think we are.
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