Star Trek vs Dune: When Optimism Clashes With Realism

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Star Trek is a very boomer take on the future, and although Dune was made in the same era, it turned out to be a more grounded take on human civilization. Consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pilgrimspass Sources and clips: Pew Research on decline of GLOBAL population of religous "nones": https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/07/why-people-with-no-religion-are-projected-to-decline-as-a-share-of-the-worlds-population/ Secularism and fertility: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23780231211031320#:~:text=Secularism%2C%20even%20in%20small%20amounts,lower%20fertility%20of%20secular%20individuals. Canadian Secularism and Fertility: Religiosity, Secularity and Fertility in Canada - PMC (nih.gov) Secularism and Fertility in France since the 19th century: https://www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/Blanc_secularization.pdf Yanis interview of techno-Feudalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jW0xUmUaUc Joel Kotkin on neo-Feudalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yXBHDyCx3o Tesla factories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pqqmD8sgMbM&list=PLaCrtXcvmSJFvNfQglr3-gOM-bHUTeUMD&index=26&t=196s "Galileo Goes to Jail" book: https://www.amazon.com.br/Galileo-Other-Myths-Science-Religion/dp/0674057414 "God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science" https://www.amazon.com.br/Gods-Philosophers-James-Hannam/dp/1848311508 "Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe" https://www.amazon.com/Before-Galileo-Modern-Science-Medieval/dp/1468306995 Pierre Duhem: https://books.google.com.br/books/about/Essays_in_the_History_and_Philosophy_of.html?id=UofBybolmREC&redir_esc=y