Arts
"This is a city where numberless aspirations can be fulfilled." This week, Aurelien discusses Ursula K. LeGuin's 1973 short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and NK Jemisin's 2018 response, "The Ones Who Stay and Fight". What kind of world do you want to live in? What are you willing to fight for? And which part of these stories is sci-fi? Read "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas": https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf Check out "All the Birds in the Sky" by Charlie Jane Anders And "How Long 'til Black Future Month?" by NK Jemisin -- * Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod * Additional music and sound effects from zapsplat.com