OK, I'll just say it. Most science fiction and all cyberpunk is radically dystopian. Hopeful, optimistic visions of the future are sorely needed. The Solarpunk movement is onanistic rubbish, highjacked by 100 peripheral ideologies. We need a positive vision for the future or we'll never get there.
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@MikeElgan what’s sad is the dystopian futures were supposed to be a warning to us, and tech bros enthusiastically embrace it
Can’t wait for Skynet…
@MikeElgan I remember one writing instructor describing a novel as the record of a character, through strength of will, overcoming the threat of death (physical, professional, or emotional).
It is harder to create death stakes in a utopian society.
One counter to this is that Asimov often created mysteries to be solved centered around unexpected applications of the 3-laws of robotics in future, non-dystopian societies.
