@jane23c @deivudesu @thesquirrelfish
ahhh that book. My favorite take on it:
https://alxd.org/ministry-for-the-future-review.html
As someone deeply interested in Solarpunk and climate fiction in general, I encountered a lot of recommendations of "The Ministry For The Future" by the esteemed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson (later: KSR). The endorsements came from activists, academics, writers and game designers, programmers and climate entrepreneurs: everyone around me seemed to be impressed with the book. It is said to draw a comprehensive, grim, realistic, and yet still optimistic trajectory of our civilization towards a better, sustainable future past the Climate Catastrophe. The author consulted it with over 40 scientists, activists, and conservationists who made sure that "The Ministry…" presented us with a grounded vision. I started reading it deeply intrigued and hopeful, impressed by the scale and scope of the book, stunned by the rawness of the first chapters. However, as I turned the pages, I quickly stopped in my tracks: I realized that "The Ministry…" is very different to what I assumed it is, to what my friends described when recommending it to me. I struggled to continue, clenching my teeth …
@jane23c Yeah. I think I might have a near certain case of "OPIONIONS"(TM) about that book.
Far too close for comfort and too real about the actual climate science, yet so obviously off the mark in so many ways on the social end.
Karl Heinz Häsliprinz
Jane C
Aaron In Minnesota