Hope Isn't the Only Emotion That Is Required, Right?

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I think people often think of hope as just sort of being this like forward momentum kind of like always being like, yes and let's do it. Like to me saying no is actually really hopeful as a practice so I don't know what the metaverse is or whatever it is that we're trying to get at here. And also if you are a naturally hopeful person, that's like really great. And like you should seize that and you should like keep it. But other times it doesn't have to always be there, right? Like it doesn't always, it's not sort of a necessary condition. There's so many other things that like we have at our disposal and tools we

Paris Marx is joined by Rose Eveleth to discuss the end of her long-running podcast, why thinking about the future is important, and how tech billionaires try to shape our idea of the future to serve their ends.

Rose Eveleth is the creator and host of the Flash Forward podcast and the author of Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows. You can follow them on Twitter at @roseveleth.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

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