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I can't remember where I heard this; it may have been one of the posters in this thread so if I'm quoting you without attribution I apologize.And the reverse statement is the whole point of the genre.
Superior future came first. Dystopia was invented in response to it.
"Every future is dystopian."
I think this is true. I don't think 10 or 20 years ago anyone was thinking,
"In the future I hope technology allows us to work from home AND THE GOVERNMENT FORCES US TO DO IT."
"It would be cool if we could use the Internet like a big party and communicate with all our friends and family at once AND IF YOU SAY SOMETHING UNPOPULAR EVERYONE ON THE PLANET CAN TRY TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE."
I feel like given the current trajectory of society, it would take a real moron to look around and think, "This all isn't progressing fast enough. LET'S DO MORE OF THIS AND FASTER!!!"
And yet Bob seems to do precisely that.