Niko LaamanenFounder, Publisher at Konsensus Network

Signs of Dystopia Are We Losing Sight of the Future

27 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video "Signs of Dystopia – Are We Losing Sight of the Future," two speakers discuss early warning signs of a creeping dystopia that go beyond traditional economic concerns such as inflation and declining purchasing power. Speaker B highlights that the very act of writing a book about the future underscores how rare long‑term thinking has become. Most people are trapped in short‑term survival mode, preoccupied with immediate needs like securing food for the coming week, which leaves little mental bandwidth for contemplating decades or centuries ahead. The dialogue frames this loss of future orientation as a key indicator of societal decline.

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And what are some of the indicators that you see in modern life, maybe apart from inflation or apart from falling purchasing power, that people should be worried about, that you see the signs of dystopia starting to creep in?
Well, I think the fact that we're writing here a book about the future is already quite outstanding because most people don't think much about the future anymore, especially not the long-term future. Are caught in the short-term thinking simply because they're not sure how they're going to put food on the table next week. And so how are they going to think decades or centuries out ahead?