Dystopian Futures

[raklian]

Why do movie producers always depict the future as being dystopian, or hopeless and sad? It really annoys me and this is why I don't watch a lot of movies anymore.

I guess those producers see the worst in people. We can kinda get where they're coming from, given the current state of affairs in the world.

Ok. But can they be optimistic? It's not hard. And we need to see the future as better than today. It would give us hope at least.

Yeah, it'd be nice if they are optimistic for a change. One of the primary reasons I'm a futurist is that I believe we'll shed our legacy as a warring society as we begin to make significant inroads to solving many of our intractable problems through technological means.