/r/DarkFuturology
r/DarkFuturology examines dystopian trends, usually in relation to current events, promoting total freedom of speech. We emerged from growing dissatisfaction with the utopian tech-porn dominating r/Futurology. As well as mainstream dystopian topics, we also promote discussion of controversial subjects that too often lurk in shadows far from the accepted discourse. This is necessary for building a broad understanding of all issues faced by humanity in this century and, if we're lucky, the next...
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DarkFuturology examines dystopian trends. We emerged from growing dissatisfaction with the utopian tech-porn dominating Futurology.
What is the Dark Future?
The global ruling class is indifferent to the needs and dreams of the global masses. But when we're no longer required to reproduce, work, consume and pay taxes, what's next?
Automation, natural limits, and new inequalities will be the gamechangers of the 21st century. Our well-schooled world leaders maintain absolute silence on such crucial matters.
Imagine the ferocity of competition for wealth and status if the rewards were material luxury and extended lifespans and perfect offspring and supercharged bodies & minds.
Against the backdrop of energy scarcity and superpowerful AI, all necessary measures to protect power and privilege are now in place. But increasingly VUCA times are assured.
RULES
Posts to be future-focused, with a dark element heralding a lasting negative impact on humanity/society.
Collapse stories to clearly imply an enduring dystopian trend, not merely relate specific events.
FLAIRS
Link Flairs to be added to existing posts by clicking "flair" below the title.
User Flairs edited at top of sidebar: Surveillance, Biohazards, Environment, Resistance, Inequality, Nuclear, Singularity or Omega (Neo-Luddism).
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Is modern day society recording the highest ever number of signs of general decline? From quality and quantity of products and services, to mental health and reproduction, education and cultural/moral degradation?
17:44 UTC
VERY WEIRD | DONALD TRUMP'S WARPSPEED 2.0 & ELON MUSK'S GOVT EFFICIENCY= COLLAPSE
07:38 UTC
Potential Future Water War between India and Pakistan
05:40 UTC
VERY WEIRD | TRUMP'S AMERICA IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS
11:00 UTC
TRUMP VS KAMALA | WATCH PARTY & ANALYSIS | May The Games Begin!!!! (byob)
20:21 UTC
A peer-reviewed paper has been published showing that the finite resources required to substitute for hydrocarbons on a global level will fall dramatically short
Michaux, S. P. (2024): Estimation of the quantity of metals to phase out fossil fuels in a full system replacement, compared to mineral resources, Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 416 Special Edition
13:59 UTC
VERY WEIRD | PSYOP S- ELECTION 2024, Trump and Kamala Do America, Polls, Prols, & the Pseudo-Nation
20:41 UTC
When big business starts to care about biodiversity, it's because there's a plan for finite peaking resources
09:20 UTC
Within ten years, billions of dollars will be spent to combat the loneliness epidemic.
Within ten years, billions of dollars will be spent to combat the loneliness epidemic.
Last Time, On The Loneliness Epidemic
And Now, The Continuation
The first developed country to spend hundreds of millions of dollars at the loneliness epidemic is, unfortunately, not Japan. That is a country where a record-high 23 percent of the population have never married by the age of 50. Who knows how many of the 23% there have never been in a long-term committed relationship?
Anyways, the first country to spend so much money is South Korea.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/asia/south-korea-loneliness-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html
Program features:
Loneliness counselors available on a 24/7 hotline
Online platform for similar counseling
In-person visits, consultations, and follow-up measures
Expanded psychological services and green spaces
Nutritional meal plans for middle-aged and elderly residents
Dedicated “search system” to identify isolated residents who need help
Activities to encourage people to venture outside and connect with others, such as gardening, sports, book clubs and more
The gender relations dimension is as follows:
But the figures still speak to a larger problem that seems to impact middle aged and elderly men the most.
More than 84% of the lonely deaths recorded last year were male, more than five times the number of female deaths, according to the ministry. Men in their 50s and 60s made up more than half the total group, making them “particularly vulnerable to the risk of dying alone.”
02:10 UTC
VERY WEIRD | MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN? -- FAST FOOD NATION AND BIODIGITAL CONVERGENCE
10:00 UTC
VERY WEIRD | CONTROLLED DEMOLITION | 2025 Everything Changes (trigger warning)
03:25 UTC
Canceling Old World Culture
12:04 UTC
Peak Oil Chat: Simon Michaux & Steve St. Angelo Oil Analysis and more
07:18 UTC
The forced decline of retail and downtowns is global...finite resources peaking
17:42 UTC
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