Just like the flying car (Whoops, Terrafugia
), the dystopian future never seems to get here.
Space 1999
Blade Runner
Soylent Green
Just about every Heinlein novel
They all predict a devolving society and a crashed future, etc. But it never happens.
The UN panel on Global Warming keeps up the doom and gloom, but we never seem to get there.
All the new programs keep saying how bad things are, but the crime stats for the last 20+ years show crime down.
Everyone has a phone/computer in their hands!
AI has not (yet) destroyed the world
There is LESS trash, cleaner rivers and most people generally care about the environment.
Yes, yes. We do a a reduced amount of civility. And I see a serious lack of civic duty and virtue, not to mention crazy people attacking people in the streets.
Is it in Seattle and San Francisco only?