I don't think it is commentary on the present, really. THere are references to the present, but the trends that would (we hope) avert total ecological disaster are already highly present in our culture, and we aren't about to live in microgravity for umpteen generations, so the resulting loss of bone density and macrosomia aren't an issue... and honestly, I'm not sure it's a cautionary tale either.
It's a fable about the effects of hope, or the lack of it, on humanity.
Which is why I can forgive them for the magic weed that grows in the dark and survives interstellar vacuum.
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Date: 2008-07-07 08:29 pm (UTC)It's a fable about the effects of hope, or the lack of it, on humanity.
Which is why I can forgive them for the magic weed that grows in the dark and survives interstellar vacuum.