Yeah, back then, the visions, yeah most of the time I was convinced… Shit… I’d lost it. But there were other times… I thought I was mainlining the secret truth of the universe.
— Rustin Cohle
hi everyone! welcome to 2020,
& welcome to my new blog,
“Dystopia, TODAY!”
we don’t have:
- corded phones with video screens
- commercialized jet packs
- flying cars
- zombies
- pneumatic tubes that take you to work
- dinner in pill form
- robot nannies
- teleportation devices
- time machines
- space elevator OR moon base
- contact with aliens
we do have:
- wireless phones with video screens (& up to nine cameras)
- e-scooters
- electric cars with built-in video games
- security cameras for your home, that spy on you
- coronavirus
- Cold War 2.0
- low-key WW3
- robot cars that kill pedestrians (yes, just like that short story)
- (1984 + Brave New World)Atlas Shrugged + Augmented Reality=
- map hackers & maps that try to kill you
- a Navy that finally, though cryptically, admits to the existence of UFOS
- & Much, Much More!
So, good job everyone, we’re getting there. I guess. Just don’t look down – right, Icarus? If you’re at all interested in my usually meaningless, irrelevant, and sometimes egregious opinions concerning these, and other issues, or just need a break from your rose-colored glasses, I invite you to stay awhile. Though not too long, as I do care about your mental health (albeit for liability reasons).
