You know… I never really put it together but there really is not much interpersonal conflict between those blessed with the post-scarcity society… tensions, sure, but not a lot of really meaningful or lasting conflict, and certainly not what you’d expect from a large crew living together semi-permanently. you see it more with those outside the federation (I also just assume the entire federation is post-scarcity utopia, but that does make the outliers confusing to me personally).
I guess that could be as much to “neutralize the prior story” as to build up that post-scarcity is just better, but there are too many big arcs for that to be a reasonable explanation…
Fuck. Makes that four unattainable needs from those series. (Space travel, replication, holodeck, post-scarcity society. Plz don’t ask me to pick one 😅)
That was Gene’s vision, that humans had grown and matured to where we could find ways to resolve problems peacefully at least amongst ourselves. The conflict and moral stories were always supposed to be external. Some Treks did this better than others, but it really was that positive vision of the future that I think resonated with people in the midst of the 60s. I’m glad to see Strange New Worlds now doing something very similar but fresh. We need some positivity in these times too.
Do I love galactic exploration and the adventures that come with it, or do I just like fantasizing about a post scarcity world? 🤔
I’m here for both.
You know… I never really put it together but there really is not much interpersonal conflict between those blessed with the post-scarcity society… tensions, sure, but not a lot of really meaningful or lasting conflict, and certainly not what you’d expect from a large crew living together semi-permanently. you see it more with those outside the federation (I also just assume the entire federation is post-scarcity utopia, but that does make the outliers confusing to me personally).
I guess that could be as much to “neutralize the prior story” as to build up that post-scarcity is just better, but there are too many big arcs for that to be a reasonable explanation…
Fuck. Makes that four unattainable needs from those series. (Space travel, replication, holodeck, post-scarcity society. Plz don’t ask me to pick one 😅)
I guess there’s a reason I’m into solarpunk…
That was Gene’s vision, that humans had grown and matured to where we could find ways to resolve problems peacefully at least amongst ourselves. The conflict and moral stories were always supposed to be external. Some Treks did this better than others, but it really was that positive vision of the future that I think resonated with people in the midst of the 60s. I’m glad to see Strange New Worlds now doing something very similar but fresh. We need some positivity in these times too.