Utopia and Dystopia

What is a Utopia?

• The U.S. right now
• A perfect place, state, or condition
• A place, state, or condition that's absolute chaos

What are a few characteristics of a Utopian society?

• chaos, fires, war
• freedom, rebellion, death
• yelling, screaming, yoga
• freedom, no fear, live in harmony

What is a Dystopia?

• The illusion of being a Utopia, but is corrupt
• Peaceful place
• Everyone gets along, no war

What is not a characteristic of a Dystopia?

• Leader is worshipped
• Citizens under constant observance 
• Everyone follows rules
• Everyone is uniform

It is very easy for Utopias to turn into Dystopias?

• True
• False

A Science and Technology Utopia has solved all of its problems by throwing computers and phones out of the window and ignoring technological advances.

• True
• False

What is the message of Dystopian stories?

• It rocks, stay a while, enjoy the chaos
• warning and mistrust
• hope
• faith in humanity

An example of Technology Dystopia would be:

• People controlling people via robots
• Humankind becoming to dependent on technology to do everyday things.

At what time do dystopian societies typically occur?

• The distant past

• Yesterday

• 2023

• The future

What is a dystopia?

• A world in which society lives under a oppressive and controlling force

• A perfect society

• Canada

• A futuristic world in which robots hunt people for sport