Big Brother watched. Soma numbed. Our smartphones do both. What can Orwell and Huxley teach us about reclaiming digital ...

The core point, Kapoor says, is that we need to start differentiating between the rapid development of AI methods —the flashy ...

Aren’t we already living in a “Black Mirror” universe? I’m sure many who watched the latest season of the British dystopian ...

It’s something science fiction writers have been warning us about for decades.

In the latest installment of our film series, All Things Considered staffers weigh in on what makes for a good dystopian film.

Imagine a surveillance state powerful enough to incarcerate people for the wrong dreams. In 2025, it doesn’t feel like such a ...

The long-running tech drama always felt as if it took place in a dystopian near future. How much of that future has come to ...

Affectionately dubbed “Max Max: The Ballet”, Kiwi choreographer Loughlan Prior’s dystopian take on The Firebird is a triumph of hope in a world that’s falling apart.

Black Mirror returns to its roots with shows that have technology in the background but are essentially about human nature. Emma Corrin's performance in Hotel Reverie is the only saving grace of ...

Dystopian Future Movie Mickey 17, tells the story of a man- Mickey who in a bid to run away from dangerous creditors signs up for a job he knows nothing about, as an ‘expendable’. This job ...

But there are other shows with similarly dystopian visions of our technological ... in the future or in a present visibly changed by technology but not completely upended by an apocalypse.