They show us worlds where people like me would actually be quite successful when the vast majority of people would flounder. And that's the thing with dystopian fiction - it appeals to me. Ask me to do a tax rebate and I'm utterly useless, but I don't care about the cold or the heat or noise while I sleep. I'm intelligent, and I'm tough as old boots. The thing is, I believe I would stand a better-than-average chance of surviving the apocalypse. We're intelligent beings, and we've evolved to cope with the adversities thrown at us by nature. I believe that our biology is designed to help us survive against nature. It confuses me, it gets me into trouble when I don't even know why, I hate it. I can't cope with the intricacies of the bureaucratic system. I honestly don't care, and it stresses the hell out of me. I enjoy my job, for the most part, but mention 'stakeholders', 'APR percentage' and 'audits' and my brain switches off. For all their attempts at making the future look grim, I personally find them quite appealing. From the unending surge of zombies (World War Z, Walking Dead, etc.) to YA (Hunger Games, Maze Runner) to more series, adult media (Automata, Blade Runner 2049). Being computer games, they're designed to be fun and entertaining. In these games, you play a person who's survived a nuclear apocalypse and explore the wasteland of America completing quests and missions.
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