Futuristic

[close] The only way to know the future is by being aware of the past, the present, and its trends. Since we know we can't see the future, at least we can guess and narrow down our forecasts - but to do that, we need knowledge. We create this reading group to fill the gap between where we are now and the times to come. We aim to get a broader perspective, a bigger picture, a bird's view. A reading group focused on utopias and dystopias that make us think, books and essays that put us aware of our environment, futuristic innovations, and tales from the past, that teach us how and why the things we have today are like they are, and maybe help us to know how to change them. The group proposes to read around one book or essay (article, interview) per month, ~12 books in total. Books about finance, history, political and philosophical questions. Books about happiness and how to live a better life. Are these the tools to survive in this information society? We think so, if you don't agree, join the reading club and prove us wrong! Welcome to the future! FRC

[close] Friends, would you care to partake in a learned discussion of current events, the global economy, writing, selling, film, and reading? Then gift us with the honor of your sophisticated opinions, queries and humor on board our trireme of World, Writing and Wealth and sail the seven seas with us!

[close] We are a small, but growing, group of avid readers who enjoy novels in a futuristic setting—whether it involves dystopian states run by totalitarian governments to wastelands ruled by raiders to an apocalyptic doom upon the world, as we know it. We are here to seek out the hidden gems in a genre saturated with books as common as the architecture in the burbs. Our goal, and yours, if you choose to join us, is to find books (and the authors) who build worlds worth reading—tales that will turn us in to insomniacs and stories that will force us to sleep with one eye open…

[close] Under Construction ❝Attention citizens, your leader has an important announcement to make. Millenniums ago, the human race was a pitiful thing. They were an obsolete species. Since their downfall, we have picked up where they have crumbled and created a new civilization. We believe ourselves to be the better, more advanced versions of homosapiens. Our ways are efficient-- they are the ways of the future. In this new nation, we are one. We dress alike, we act alike, we think alike. However, there are those of us who wish to evade the new system and instead decide to rebel. They have formed a society where humans dress differently from the person next to them, where they act to their own accord... where they think for themselves. These are the type of people who caused the ruination of the past societies! And for that reason, we must find the rebels and eliminate their existence. We are the new Genisis, and we refuse to fall.❞ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I am a part of a revolution. I am a part of a whole. Two different sides. Two different perspectives. Who do you team with? Who do you believe in?