alxd

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

@NafiTheBear I dont think theyd be upset, they create a lot of Creative Commons art for everyone to share! :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

@Nyssa we even have a @SolarpunkPrompts episode on that!

Take a look at https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/the-epidemiologists if you want to see a #solarpunk story potential of the daunting task of vaccinating unwilling communities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@realbadat I usually go with anarchist technology documentaries.

In my big Solarpunk essay ( https://alxd.org/solarpunk-lenses-and-foundations.html ) I mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPxCUzGGDKc , which was THE thing to inspire me to look for Solarpunk.

I love the series on the Southeast Asian Makers, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTblDrJNG4kD6BIVW16DKJh-

They're less "comprehensive", but they're very real and very awesome :)

If I remember anything more, I'll let you know!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (6 children)

@Julian_1_2_3_4_5 I would be careful with calling it #solarpunk , the movie has a lot of implicit neoliberal assumptions and puts a lot of technosolutionist proposals, doesn't show a lot of communities.

It's a great introduction to the idea of not giving up though! I personally recommend the movie to people who have had no experience with hopeful climate fiction at all.

The company owning the movie is pretty hard to work with as well, we failed to get educational screenings multiple times :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] cieszę się, że będą wreszcie jakieś solarpunkowe ksiązki po polsku, wrzucę linki / fragmenty które wolno na

Może po tym ktoś się zainteresuje Na wpół zbudowanym ogrodem?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@FullyAutomatedRPG @8petros @Anaphory @fiction this is a take on Cyberpunk I could actually get behind. I still would like them to go a step further, to imagine a world past the corporate capitalism, but as you can see _they are building it_ and they are aware of so many things within their society.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

@FullyAutomatedRPG @8petros @Anaphory @fiction

Many perspectives. Good cyberpunk examines how technology and power intersect in many different communities. As an orbital space station, the city of Grand Cross can and should include perspectives from all over the world. The setting includes cyborgs and androids, but they're not stand-ins for minorities; they have their own identities and issues, which can change depending on how they intersect with other things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

@FullyAutomatedRPG @8petros @Anaphory @fiction

Cyberpunk is not just an aesthetic. Cyberpunk shouldn't just be about the neon-lit adventures of a group of trenchcoat futurists as they amass wealth and power through violence. Hard Wired Island is about a group of marginalized people using technology to try to change the status quo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

@FullyAutomatedRPG @8petros @Anaphory @fiction

Cybernetics are not inherently good or bad. Like most tech, what matters is how it's used. The problem is that cybernetics often serves the needs of capital rather than people; Any alienating or dysphoric effects come from being reshaped into some corporation's property. There is no mechanic that suggests wearing a prosthetic makes you less human, or prone to mental illness; instead, the tradeoff of augments is adding to your financial burdens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

@FullyAutomatedRPG @8petros @Anaphory @fiction

Cyberpunk should be relevant. It is a study of where our society could go in the coming years. The issues faced by people in a cyberpunk setting should have some relevance to issues faced by the audience, even if they're not the same. Retro future, present problems.

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