Heidi Hammel

Amid apocalyptic dystopia, 'Fahrenheit 451''s protagonist retains sparks of curiosity, creativity, and courage, and these human characteristics are the seeds of hope that can arise, phoenix-like, from civilization's ashes.

American Scientist

Paul Di Filippo

Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that undermine our best attempts at organizing ourselves into social units.

American Writer

Ken Liu

In every revolution, there are winners and losers. Every dystopia is a utopia for somebody else. It just depends where you are. Are you in the class that benefits, or are you in the class that's not?

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I think the idea of a distant, far off dystopia, where the world is completely different from what we have now, is good, but it's been done. Especially in YA movies.

South Korean Director

Naomi Alderman

Utopias and dystopias can exist side by side, even in the same moment. Which one you're in depends entirely on your point of view.

English Novelist

Ally Condie

The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.

American Novelist

Vikramaditya Motwane

Dystopia is a very interesting setting. Whether it's '1984' or 'Fahrenheit 451'... Dystopia is a wonderfully cinematic setting.

Indian Director

Steven Wilson

We are living in dystopia, in a world that is dominated by technology and disconnect, alienation, loneliness, and dysfunction.

English Musician

Jeff Vandermeer

In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.

Alex Cox

The future is always a dystopia in movies.

British Director

Dystopia carries a negative meaning, describing a place where things are very bad.

Negative Connotation

Dystopias are fictional, designed to reflect and critique real societal issues.

Imaginary Worlds

While often set in the future, dystopias can depict any time period.

Not Always Futuristic

Dystopia as a genre can include novels, films, and other forms of storytelling.

Genre Diversity

Dystopian stories are not just for entertainment; they also offer deep social commentary.

Beyond Entertainment

Dystopias often serve as cautionary tales about possible futures we want to avoid.

Cautionary Tales

 where information is more universally available than it's ever been in human history, where we all have the answers to our questions at our fingertips. And on the other hand, we have the potential to be living in some gloomy dystopia where the machines have taken over and we've all decided it's not important what we know anymore,

Ken Jennings: Watson,...

 So why bother with all this pessimism? Because at their heart, dystopias are cautionary tales, not about some particular government or technology, but the very idea that humanity can be molded into an ideal shape. Think back to the perfect world you imagined. Did you also imagine what it would take to achieve?

How to recognize a...

 which means that they have a virtual assistant at home. Like, that's wild. The future, or the future dystopia, is getting here fast. Beyond that, companies are offering us all kinds of internet-connected devices. There are smart lights, smart locks, smart toilets, smart toys, smart sex toys.

What your smart devices...

 rectilinear dystopia jito learns the optimal pathways through the world by following an expert guide namely you or me in this particular case as it travels it creates detailed three-dimensional maps of everything encountered it encounters so that when it's sent off on

Meet Gita, the robot...

 so sinister and so compelling. We place such a premium on our free will and our independence that the prospect of losing those qualities to forces unseen informs many of our deepest societal fears. Orwellian dystopias and shadowy cabals

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 Utopian and dystopian writing tends to parallel political trends. Utopian writing frequently depicts an idealized society that the author puts forth as a blueprint to strive toward. Dystopias, on the other hand,

Why should you read "The...

 What worries me more is a different nightmare scenario. After all, in a totally free labor market, we could find jobs for pretty much everyone. The dystopia that worries me is a universe in which a few geniuses

Chrystia Freeland: The...

 it's hitting the bestseller lists again. It's a great book, but it's not the correct dystopia for the 21st century. What we need to fear most is not what artificial intelligence will do to us on its own,

We're building a...

 I know we can push back that looming dystopia. I know we can protect everything that technology might make possible tomorrow, but only if we ban surveillance abuses today. Thank you.

The Shift We Need to...

 But above all else, it is a world in which we will be able to imagine an authentic democracy. Will such a world dawn? Or shall we descend into a Matrix-like dystopia?