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Accentuating the Negative | The Breakthrough Institute
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In the long run, neither equitable prosperity nor any sort of egalitarian politics worthy of the name can co-exist with pessimism.
Accentuating the Negative | The Breakthrough Institute Accentuating the Negative Why Eco-pessimism Has Become Elite Religion Mar 1, 2021 Share Share via Twitter Share via Facebook Share via Email I used to be an avid reader of science fiction before my academic work put a stop to it. During the 1990s, I noticed a gradual shift away from the physics-laden space travel narratives of progress and discovery towards a mix of fantasy, historical fiction, and genre-crossing exploration — often with a decidedly more pessimistic tone. I learned that this shift had been under way for some time. Science
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