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Dystopia. Allison Litmer HNR 302 December 11, 2012. Dys·to·pi·a [dis-toh-pee-uh] noun a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. U·to·pi·a. [yoo-toh-pee-uh] noun an ideal place or. state.
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Dystopia Allison Litmer HNR 302 December 11, 2012
Dys·to·pi·a • [dis-toh-pee-uh] • noun • a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. U·to·pi·a • [yoo-toh-pee-uh] • noun • an ideal place or state.
Media and Technology • Media is everywhere you look • Sends out messages to influence the way people think and act • Technological advances causes a decline in face to face communications • Information at our fingertips • Continues to advance
Corporate Control • Drought and extreme poverty • Urine Good Company is the only corportaion • Total control
Medicine • Cloning • Thousands or millions dying • Set in the past • Dystopia or Utopia? Movie Clip
Government • “No Gods, No Kings, Only Man.” • No restrictions on art or science • No government interference with economy • No contact with outside world • Scientist created “ADAM” to rewrite human DNA • Revolts, Civil War • Game Intro