Coming Soon: Longevity for the 1%, the "Choice" to Sacrifice for the Rest

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3. The Unit is scarily prophetic

Logan's Run, 1984, Brave New World - those all seem like "planned" dystopias. They are partially symbolic, and distanced from us so that they become more like thought experiments or conversation pieces than something we should be worried about in the near future.

The Unit is set in the very near present, and the terms of that world are all familiar. The protagonist definitely grew up in our world, where she acted on messages to pursue work she liked, try not to become dependent on a man, and don't have children unless you really wanted to have a family. Then political winds shifted out from under her, and what had previously been the "right" values turned out to be what doomed her.

While I was reading the book it seemed like this sort of future could be imminent. When I read Emanuel's article, I realized it could be tomorrow. Scary.