No, people don't need escapism, they need a positive vision of a future to work towards. Today both fiction and non-fiction often predict dystopian futures, which isn't motivating.
Media always reflects current cultural moods, not future ones. I can't link you an article right now because I'm at work but there's a thing where you could gauge historical stances of US culture and economy by looking at Playbook models and magazines. In harder times, bustier women were published and during better times, less endowed women were.
Media always reflects current cultural moods, not future ones.
Yes, but fiction not only reflects the present, it also influences the future for decades. Positive sci-fi inspires innovators and budget in that sector, negative one inspires defensive spending and police state.
there's a thing where you could gauge historical stances of US culture and economy by looking at Playbook models and magazines. In harder times, bustier women were published and during better times, less endowed women were.
Now that's interesting. A good reason to do some research.
Right, so use it to escape from reality. I get that a little escape now and then is good but there's already plenty from video games to books to television shows. We don't need more escape. All that escapism is what caused these problems in the first place. People aren't involved with their local community in any way, barely talk to family, snub each other in a relationship for phone screen time.
No, we don't need more escapism.