The present no longer lasts long enough to be a setting. All fiction is either science fiction or historical fiction. I've been saying this for long enough that even this statement itself is no longer true. The future doesn't last long enough either. All science fiction is now retrofuturism.
Apr 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
After the Deluge: What Future for Climate Fiction? - Public Books
Even in a world remade, the past defines the present.
Predicting the Present
To quote Stewart Brand: This present moment was once the unimaginable future.
The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go From Here?
This is a long article, so I've broken it up into a series of posts, listed below. You can also read the full work as a PDF or EPUB.
Yes, this is a thing Elon Musk really claimed.
Elon Musk Today: The future ain't what it used to be! | social preview artwork by trish@omerta22PL 2019
Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message (Published 2022)
How we look matters as much as what we see.
The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess
This is a long article, so I've broken it up into a series of posts, listed below. You can also read the full work as a PDF or EPUB.
The Future Is Not Tech-Forward
On artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future.
The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter
The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…
The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter
The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…
the Long 90s are Over
THE CALIFORNIAN IDEOLOGY by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron | Imaginary Futures
“Not to lie about the future is impossible and one can lie about it at will” – Naum Gabo [1]
Towards a Weaker Longtermism
A key (new-ish) proposition in EA discussions is "Strong Longtermism," that the vast majority of the value in the universe is in the far future, and…
Prophecy And Future Coding
Preface: On Prophecy and the Search for Certainty in an Age of Reflexive Time
Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem | Aeon Essays
Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future
