dystopia

To stave off Huxley’s dystopia, we must deliberately shape our children’s souls so that they can be creators, doers and thinkers embracing the next frontier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

If that accounts for the “cyber” aspect of our cyberpunk dystopia, where’s the punk?

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

You might have read about the dystopia of super-polluted cities like Delhi, where the city always seems to be shrouded in dust, and you don’t see the sun for days.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

Is this demographic seeing the Mad Max-style dystopia presented on their social media feeds and responding with this negative outlook?

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Alternative histories, particularly dystopias, reflect their societies’ radical pessimism, as Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore suggested in 2017:

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024

But in our current glut of movie dystopias, we’ve gotten away from that kind of immersive showmanship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

“I’m a bit of a sucker for science fiction, dystopias or thrillers,” he said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Afrofuturist writers explore a language of dreams and dystopias that expresses our greatest hopes while boldly confronting our darkest fears.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022