GLOSSARYSUBGENRE
Utopian Fiction
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
In plain English
Fiction that imagines a better society and asks what it would take, and cost, to get there.
WORKS
See it in the wild.
ON THE SHOW
On the show.
- Ep 3 — Science Fiction isn’t about the future (04:49–06:53): Caitlin describes Monk & Robot as a utopian future where needs are met, and argues the point isn't waiting for the future: "we could decide that we wanted it to function in this other way" today.