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Over the last few years I've been reading quite a lot of SciFi, both contemporary & 'classic'/older books.
One of things that is really striking is that while authors have always been able to imagine new technologies & universes, and often even seen new forms of future society, few (until recently, and then mostly female writes) have been able to imagine any sort of revolution in sexual politics or gender relations....
From which you can draw your own conclusions.
@ChrisMayLA6 What none of the science fiction writers imagine is the world we'll actually get - a world where the impacts of climate change, pollution, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, geo-political instability, economic collapse, inter alia, result in a Malthusian catastrophe, grotesque depopulation & technological retardation. This will be accompanied by a return to pre-Enlightenment moral & political values, or worse. The future is grim indeed, & I hope I don't live to see it.
Although Robert Harris' Second Sleep has a go at imagining the long-term aftermath.
@ChrisMayLA6 Thank you for drawing my attention to this. I'll order it!