Have you ever stopped to notice that most art that casts future vision, renders a dystopian perspective? There is no doubt that audiences are drawn to darker themes (I am certainly one that likes this art form). It’s almost as if the antagonist of any future told story is the future itself.

But then I heard a term that I’ve never heard before: Protopia. Even as I write this term, my spell-checker is telling me that it’s wrong.

I thought this video was so well done and explains a more hopeful vision and future. And of course I like the term future community that it uses.

Giving credit to where credit is due: Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is credited to have coined the term. I first heard the term from Grimes (@Grimezsz) in an interview with Lex Friedman (@lexfridman). Going down the rabit hole, good people doing good and thoughtful work here: Monika Bielskyte (@monikabielskyte) and Zoe Scaman (@zoescaman).

I’m here for it.