(Un)desirable Futures
by danhon
Where would you like to live? Brighton? St. John’s Wood? Greenwich? Hackney? Or, if you’re of a more fantastical or surreal bent, the Moon? Or maybe The Tardis?
Five Futures I’d Be Happy Relocating To
- THE FUTURE AS ENVISAGED BY THE 1979 TITLE “THE USBORNE BOOK OF THE FUTURE“
- THE FUTURE AS ENVISAGED BY 1960S FUTURISTS
- ANYWHERE WITH FREE BUCKMINSTER FULLER DOMES FOR ALL
- THE “GOOD” 2015 VERSION OF HILL VALLEY, AS NEVER SEEN ON-SCREEN IN THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY
- THE IMPLIED REBOOT OF POST-CONSUMER HUMAN SOCIETY OF WALL-E
Five Futures I’d Rather Not Relocate To
- THE FUTURE AS ENVISAGED BY LATE 1990S ENVIRONMENTALISTS
- THE FUTURE AS ENVISAGED BY A NEANDERTHAL WHO HAS EXPERIENCED A DROUGHT
- ANYWHERE WITH C-BEAMS GLITTERING
- THE COST-BENEFIT INTERSTELLAR HAULAGE/STORAGE UTILISATION ANALYSIS DIVISION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES (SPACE FREIGHTERS), PREPARING A REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF CALLING THE VALLEY FORGE BACK INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE
- ANY FUTURE AS REGULARLY ENVISAGED BY THE DAILY MAIL
* Inspired by a conversation with Naomi Alderman