How fantasy worlds can spark real change | Annalee Newitz
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🗓️ 18 May 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
When the world's problems have you weary, journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz suggests a good dose of escapist fiction to refresh your perspective. Step into the whimsical world of science fiction, cosplay and "goblincore" to see how fantasy worlds help us reimagine our relationships with our communities and each other — and why the best way to solve your problems may start with escaping them.
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. |
| 0:02.0 | Audio Collective. |
| 0:04.0 | You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, |
| 0:10.0 | where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm the first one to admit I had never heard of Goblin Corps before this talk, |
| 0:22.0 | but Goblin Corps is a thing thing and so are numerous other escapist |
| 0:25.7 | sci-fi communities. In their 2023 talk from Ted at BCG, author Annalee Newitz |
| 0:31.6 | draws the connection between the world of fantasies and |
| 0:34.8 | infinite possibility with real life public projects that can transform our |
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| 0:57.0 | It has been a long few years. |
| 1:01.4 | There are just so many problems in the world, so much is going wrong that I just, I can't even anymore. |
| 1:08.0 | So I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to run away. I am going to pick up a book about |
| 1:15.4 | glamorous wizards on another planet and I'm going to read about how they wear gorgeous |
| 1:21.4 | bespoke suits and have romances, |
| 1:25.0 | and of course defeat an evil dictatorship |
| 1:27.8 | along the way. |
| 1:29.3 | Now, listen, I know how that sounds. |
| 1:32.1 | This is the kind of story that's going to take me away from my problems |
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