We are (and will always be) ephemeral: Stories about futures with improved humans

Authors

  • Pep Prieto Journalist, author, and cinema critic (Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.12.20773

Keywords:

science fiction, mythology, superheroes, pop culture, dystopia

Abstract

Stories about the future, and about the humans living in the future, stem from our awareness of our own limitations and all that which we may never be. These representations, whether utopian or dystopian, are evidence of the contradiction between our desires and our doubts.

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Author Biography

Pep Prieto, Journalist, author, and cinema critic (Spain).

Journalist, author, and cinema critic (Spain). He collaborates with RAC1, Betevé, and RTVE, and writes regularly for Diari de Girona and El Nacional . He is the author of the cinema books Poder absoluto (UOC, 2016) and Al filo del mañana (UOC, 2019).

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Published

2022-02-02

How to Cite

Prieto, P. (2022). We are (and will always be) ephemeral: Stories about futures with improved humans. Metode Science Studies Journal, (12), 177–181. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.12.20773
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The future of science (2022)

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Transhumanism. Beyond the body

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