Tuesday, August 11, 2020

IT'S JUST LIKE EARTH, BUT WITH MORE TERRAFORMING


WIRED  WORRYWORT JERRINE TAN WRITES OF

The Fantasy and the Cyberpunk Futurism of Singapore

 Revisiting William Gibson’s 1993 essay on the city-state took me back to my home, where future is past.. Singapore was eager to host the 2018 Trump-Kim summit, which a local politician called an “incredible branding opportunity.” ...

At the brink of climate catastrophe, we must know that unchecked growth will doom us all to destitution. Going green has to be for real, and we cannot afford to hold onto the hollow dream of capital accumulation for its own sake.