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Let Us Now Sing About the Warmed Earth

By Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers Jul 29, 2013 There are four elements of dystopia -- ecological, political, sociological, and economic -- as it relates to climate change, and news that the release of methane from beneath the Siberian permafrost would cost $60 trillion globally promises to create one. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

The Groundwork Obama’s Laying for America’s Future

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2013 In an op-ed for the Financial Times, Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and American University professor Peter Kuznick argue that the National Security Agency’s surveillance program that began during George W. Bush’s administration and has been expanded by President Barack Obama “is laying the foundation for a frighteningly dystopian future.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kim Jong Un, This One’s for You

Cherilyn Parsons / Truthdig Feb 3, 2012 “The Orphan Master’s Son” by Adam Johnson is a rich, careening, dystopian tale that gives us a visceral hit of life inside North Korea. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

2011: A Brave New Dystopia

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 27, 2010 The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s "1984" and Aldous Huxley’s "Brave New World." It turns out they were both right. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

‘Scanning’ the Darkness of Our War on Drugs

Steven Kotler / Truthdig May 15, 2006 In this summer's most talked-about movie, "A Scanner Darkly," Keanu Reeves stars as an undercover narcotics agent losing his grip on reality in an America that has lost the war on drugs. True, the film is a warning call, but might it also inadvertently channel us toward the very dystopia it is warning against? This article ran in May, but we're trotting it out again because the movie just hit theaters this week. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )