A dystopia is a fictional society under a totalitarian government in which most people are forced to conform and live dehumanizing, segregated, manipulated, and oppressed lives. These types of societies serve as an overwhelming warning of our awaited future if we do not change how we do things or blindly Continue reading
Throughout the world, nations are governed by many greatly diverse forms of government that dictate the everyday lives of their citizens. These forms of government can include monarchs, oligarchy, democracy, totalitarianism, and even communism. An ideal government protects its citizen’s rights, promotes social welfare, creates laws that improve one’s way Continue reading
Panopticism is described as a system in which the belief that we are being watched forces us to behave properly. This is a concept created by French philosopher, Michel Foucault based on the panopticon, created by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham to demonstrate how the concept of surveillance can alter the Continue reading
Technological advancements have allowed our rights to be violated repeatedly with little to no consequences, by major companies due to our lack of knowledge and involvement. Merriam-Webster defines privacy as the quality or state of being apart from a company or observation. Scientifically humans are known to be social creatures Continue reading
A utopia is described as a perfect society where everyone is happy. This is an impossible concept to achieve due to individuality and human nature. As Kurt Vonnegut claimed, one person’s utopia can be another’s dystopia. Nobody thinks, feels, or acts the same way, and as humans, we are curious, Continue reading
Merriam-Webster defines dystopia as “an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives. Though I haven’t seen a great amount of dystopian films they all seem to display the same idea, a world in which all humanity is lost. My definition of a dystopia is, a Continue reading
