20 Visions of Dystopian Cinema

The Future Is Now: 20 Visions of Dystopian Cinema. Why is our concept of the future depicted as so depressingly bleak?
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Netflix's New National Lampoon Movie Has an Extremely Subtle Mad Men Crossover. A Futile And Stupid Gesture is a biopic about the company's founder, set in the 1970s.
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How the Drinking Bird Works. There's no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, but this toy comes maddeningly close.
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Erasing Native Americans From U.S. National Parks. People lived in the Yellowstone and Yosemite areas for thousands of years before they were set aside as pristine wilderness.
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The Extinction of the Early Bird. As Baby Boomers retire to Florida, they don't want to be reminded that they're old.
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Why Danger Symbols Can't Last Forever. How will we warn future generations not to dig in a nuclear waste zone?
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How to Get Ahead of Tax Day. It's not such a chore if you prepare and sort as the forms arrive.
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Scenes From the History of Snow Removal. It was even more difficult in the good old days.