Tag: dystopia

  • Five Years After an EMP Strike: Expert Explores What Society Might Look Like

    Five Years After an EMP Strike: Expert Explores What Society Might Look Like

    Black Mountain, NC, June , 2023 —William R. Forstchen, Ph.D., prays that he is remembered 30 years from now as a crank. Widely considered one of the foremost experts on electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks, Dr. Forstchen wants more than anything to be wrong when he says an attack is imminent. Dr. Forstchen is also a…

  • Sci Fi Like Devices Part Of Queen’s Park Security Update

    Sci Fi Like Devices Part Of Queen’s Park Security Update

    Eight years ago at Queen’s Park, the Cross-Border Institute (CBI), part of the University of Windsor, hosted an event to demonstrate advances in security, surveillance and fingerprinting technology. That technology had immediate application for border crossing screening, supply chain security and cybersecurity. The CBI hosted the event as part of its mandate to support ongoing,…

  • Out Of Work? You Could Be A Contestant On A Future Game Show

    Out Of Work? You Could Be A Contestant On A Future Game Show

    After perusing the many niches of reality TV — well-to-do housewives in multiple major cities, the rugged Alaska lifestyle, and working the dirtiest jobs known to man — employment strategist Richard B. Alman wonders why we haven’t seen a show about a popular and compelling subject: long-term unemployment and drop-outs. (Spoiler alert- Life imitates art,…

  • Synth Britannia Shows The Future Was In Fact Delivered

    Synth Britannia Shows The Future Was In Fact Delivered

    Come on, you have to admit. It’s a lot of fun to stumble around YouTube with that old pre-internet habit of television channel surfing surprising you with random discoveries. When I do, I particularly enjoy reading comments left by others who have somehow found their way to whatever it is I happen to be watching. This…

  • Novel Warns North Americans Of Corrupt Bankers And Valueless Dollar

    Novel Warns North Americans Of Corrupt Bankers And Valueless Dollar

    Back in 2012 The Silo reported on a dark novel titled Zurabia. That book held a plot that seems less like fiction with each passing year.  Corrupt bankers, a practically valueless dollar, hyper-unemployment and underemployment, home-grown terrorism, the uptick in natural disasters and the overall lack of trust in our most important institutions – these…

  • TRDWTR “Treadwater” launches as new mature themed Superhero franchise

    TRDWTR “Treadwater” launches as new mature themed Superhero franchise

    TRDWTR, pronounced ‘treadwater’, is a mature take on the superhero genre, set in a plausible geopolitical future. The franchise will kick off with a graphic novel on September 30th, 2014. A live-action series based on the novel is set to follow suit in 2015. A preview of the graphic novel will be staged in America’s…

  • Douglas Coupland Player One

    Douglas Coupland Player One

    As the world teeters on the brink of disaster, four people converge in a Toronto Airport cocktail lounge. As oil prices suddenly approach $300 a barrel, power cuts out, planes stop taking off and cell phone signals die—a self imposed apocalypse sets into motion. As you read, four people come to terms with the situation,…