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Look back at the 20th century. The 1960s had the space race, psychedelic utopias, and radical civil rights dreams. The 1970s had punk’s "No Future" (which was, paradoxically, a future-oriented rebellion). The 1980s had cyberpunk and neon-lit dystopias. Each decade had a distinct sonic and visual signature.

In 2014, the British writer and cultural theorist Mark Fisher coined a phrase that has only grown more resonant with each passing year: mark fisher slow cancellation of the future

And naming it is the first step to turning the volume back up. Further reading: Capitalist Realism (2009) and Ghosts of My Life (2014) by Mark Fisher. Look back at the 20th century

Think about fashion, architecture, or movie design. In 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey showed a white, minimalist future. In 1982, Blade Runner showed a dense, multicultural, rain-slicked future. Now, look at Dune: Part Two (2024). It is beautiful. It is also a revival of 1970s brutalist sci-fi. Fisher would argue that we no longer produce new futures; we only curate old ones. Why did this happen? Fisher traced the root cause to Capitalist Realism —the pervasive belief that capitalism is the only viable political and economic system. If there is no alternative to the present, why imagine a different future? The 1980s had cyberpunk and neon-lit dystopias

If you feel a vague melancholy, a sense that time is moving but nothing is changing—that is the slow cancellation.