Warp Speed Woke - Lecture 2: Utopian Dreams and Post-Cold War Realities
1/19/25 - 11am PST
The episode next week will kick us forward about 20 years and we’ll be diving into the Star Trek: The Next Generation and how it represented one of the prevailing ideas about what the future might look like once the Cold War was over…between the USSR and the USA as well as The Federation and the Klingon Empire.
If you want some reading to prep for the lecture (not required, but if you are a nerd like me you’ll enjoy it) you might want to read Francis Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” (the essay, not the book).
I’ve decided that I would like more people to attend these lectures, so I’m going to make them available to the public. However, I would deeply appreciate if you’d consider becoming a paid subscriber (or donating via my ko-fi account) if you are enjoying the content that I create.
If you’d like to catch up on the first lecture, here’s the post with the video.
Warp Speed Woke: How Star Trek Took on Society
Welcome to the first lecture in the series Warp Speed Woke: How Star Trek Took on Society! 🚀 In this episode, we’re diving into the groundbreaking origins of Star Trek and its fearless exploration of social issues. From its debut in the 1960s, Gene Roddenberry’s iconic series was more than just science fiction—it was a mirror held up to society, reflec…
And heres the link to next week’s episode!
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