My sort-of interactive short fiction piece "The Field Guide for Next Time" from the recent issue of khoreo magazine is now free to read online. It's a solar-punkish, Indigenous Futurismy, eco-anarchist guidebook for how to live in a speculative future. Spend some time with it if you like!
https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-field-guide-for-next-time

#solarpunk #sff #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism #writingcommunity #WritingWonders

A PRAYER FOR THE CROWN SHY x REDEMPTION IN INDIGO

A storyteller from the future takes a stranger (that’s you!) along a twisty narrative path through an eco-anarchist solar punk society to rescue a single troubled child.

#WIP #WritingWonders #AmWriting (when I’m not procrastinating by making mood boards) #SolarPunk #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism #HaveFun

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There will be likely be an incredible acceleration in our cultural and scientific growth and variety once we transition to a post-money society.

Reading the #Foundation series or watching #StarTrek is a better education than an #Economics degree.

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@seachanger #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism

I'm still figuring out how I want to use/contribute to this space. If you're here wondering why a random person (me!) just started following you, it's cos you briefly imagined the end of capitalism. And I want to follow people with the ability to do that :)
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@annaleen My short story “The Field Guide for Next Time” in the upcoming issue of @KhoreoMag imagines the end of capitalism, and the steps to bring about that end. Sorta spoiler, but the focus is on what and how (and why) that future society teaches their children. It’s a cool world. Can’t wait for people to move around in the story and enjoy what we’ve been missing! #ImagineTheEndofCapitalism

oh I forgot to say I love #StarTrek. I’ve seen every episode of #TNG, #DeepSpaceNine, and #Voyager. Also love #LowerDecks and #Orville.

I watched every night with my parents before bed. Great education. #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism #SciFi #TV

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Am now reminded that I, and others, aren't the ones being pessimistic when we post negative posts online.

The pessimistic ones are the ones who can't imagine a better alternative.

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@YusufToropov That’s a really fair point. Let the experts be experts.

That said, regardless of my experience, your awareness of it, and then ultimately whether or not you listen, I love to see trends like #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism.

Ultimately most people affected by capitalism are not employers. And this is social media not an election. Where else should they make their voices heard? Just a thought.

#ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism is trending. That's all I need to know about how great this platform is.

@annaleen I imagine people getting the medical care they need, even if it's a one-and-done real cure, and regardless of their wealth. I imagine a global pandemic taken seriously: resources pooled to upgrade air filtration and ventilation and provide respirators for all; paid leave for sick and/or infectious people; full support for disabled people. #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism

A world where hustle culture doesnt exist, nor does burnout. Where you aren’t stressed about affording basic necessities on top of all your other stress from the jobs you’re working & life in general. Where people that are different and those that have disabilities are accepted & not looked down upon. Where mental health is treated and not shunned. Where you get to do something you love everyday & have a community of supportive non judgmental people all around you. #imaginetheendofcapitalism

A world where hustle culture doesnt exist, nor does burnout. Where you aren’t stressed about affording basic necessities on top of all your other stress from the jobs you’re working & life in general. Where people that are different and those that have disabilities are accepted & not looked down upon. Where mental health is treated and not shunned. Where you get to do something you love everyday & have a community of supportive non judgmental people all around you. #imaginetheendofcapitalism

@annaleen

Hi, Annalee Newitz, I am a fan!

Could you edit your post so the hashtag is in CamelCase?

(#ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism)

That will make it easier for people who use screen readers to participate.

Historically, periods of democratization coincide with periods of economic growth.

Continuing the growth we had over the last 200 years is not compatible with the preservation of the natural ecosystems on which our life depends.

Will we be able to rescue democracy in the future? What should we do to preserve democracy?

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@annaleen
I would read more, so much more, and I would do it for pleasure, instead of out of obligation. I would find stranger hobbies. I would do some kind of regular outreach work where I live, never publicized, for free.

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@annaleen I #ImagineTheEndOfCapitalism as a balance of #freedom and #solidarity, needs-based production and distribution within ecological boundaries, and decentralized (as far as reasonable) decision-making structures. -> #AnarchoCommunism :anarchoheart3:

It really depends on what system we choose next. I really like what the Spanish Anarchists imagined, even partially realized. Is it possible on a larger scale? I'd like to find out. Solidarity, direct action, and mutual aid.
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During the #wintersolstice, the temperatures are freezing, the ground covered in snow and ice, only a few hours of light per day. But we still have to work the whole day long.

Imagine taking more breaks from work, so that we can live our lives in sync with the earth