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Being “for” and “against” things are two sides of the same coin of caring. But a lot of world-shaping and activism currently stands “against” injustice, and it can be rarer to find the movements and ways to stand “for” things we believe in. Maybe it’s easier to name the things that are messed up, but it’s harder to get clear about what we would rather have. It’s rare to come across exciting visions of futures we want to inhabit. Fiction writing is often the closest we get. Futurism is a practice of imagining possible futures – joyous ones, frightening ones, and everything in between. And importantly, futurism makes us talk about these futures. Futurism offers us a tool for imagining the specific, vivid worlds we long for. And with those visions in our minds and hearts, running toward them suddenly feels possible. What small action can I take today to embody the world I want to live in?

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