It outlines how a lot of the American "Golden Age" sci-fi limits our imagination by focusing on scientism and capitalism.
It then criticizes early Solarpunk (as visualized by the Chobani ad), showcasing how a movement focused on aesthetic only can be easily hijacked by capitalism and used for greenwashing (as we were recently reminded by Figma's CEO).
"We need all sorts of stories, but we have a special need for hopepunk right now, because, (...) this is one of those false-utopias which seemed great but has had its unforgivable underbelly exposed —climate impact, structural inequality, global inequity, systemic racism, dystopian tech.We need better models for what to do now than just blowing up the overlord’s tower, since that doesn’t fix it."
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