What if instead of being driven by the almighty dollar, there was some consideration paid to how things affect people. What if indeed.
July 27, 2020
Speculation
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July 27, 2020
What if instead of being driven by the almighty dollar, there was some consideration paid to how things affect people. What if indeed.
Linda Duong
July 30, 2020 — 4:39 pm
Hi Tyler,
I like how you set up the stories side by side for comparison. Interestingly, at some points I wasn’t sure which one was utopic and which one was dystopic.
In some ways, your creation reminds me of some elements of the novel Jennifer Government. In this novel, your last name changes based on where you work (e.g., Jeff Amazon, Elon Tesla, Mark Facebook). In the case of your speculative futures, there’s a huge dependency on companies and how they drive the new world.
tyler graham
July 30, 2020 — 4:44 pm
Thanks for engaging! I’m not familiar with Jennifer Government, but I really like that last names idea.
My aim was for the differences between the U and DYS to be very slight at the beginning and grow more stark as it went along. The fluid, script style font and cool tones on the utopic side, contrasting with the fiery colours and block font on the dystopic side were meant to make clear the editorial distinction I was making.