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Resisting Dystopia: Becky Chambers, Annalee Newitz

Long Now: Conversations at The Interval

CHAPTER

The Utopia of Dad Jokes

I feel like we're having a moment in culture right now where wholesome humor is a big thing. In European, how did we get here? Like why aren't we sitting here at an event that's saying resisting, you know, kind of utopia? I really believe that it is just the era we are in. But if we push those boundaries, be it through reading science fiction or learning a different language, going to somebody from a different place, picking up a book on literally any topic you don't know about,. It opens your mind to new avenues.

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