Bastian AllgeierJul 21, 2023

Lovely German project to visualise utopian future versions of cities all around the world: https://realutopien.info/visuals/

I want more of this. More positive self-fulfilling prophecies. I also think that it's totally fine to positively overshoot and be naive about it. Why shouldn't we be allowed to just dream big here?

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Infothek für Realutopien
Show threadFlorian EgermannJul 21, 2023
@bastianallgeier Why do these feel like 70s sci-fi illustrations? Is it the techno-utopian optimism?
Show threadBastian Allgeier
@fleg I think there's always a risk to keep referencing previous future visualisations. Folks need to draw inspiration from somewhere. But a lot of those feel more like green/solarpunk to me than techno-utopian optimism. Although I guess there's often a thin line between those forms of optimism.
Jul 21, 2023 at 8:08amElk
Show threadFlorian EgermannJul 21, 2023
@bastianallgeier I meant it as a compliment :)
I never thought about “classifying” optimism, interesting subject (especially in these times).