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There was a point when I'd watch Star Trek and think that the absence of the internet in that world was a minor worldbuilding issue. Like, of course the writers in the 1960s did not predict it, and prediction in sci-fi is not a big deal for me, but it felt a little odd that this major technological development did not seem to exist in this imagined future. Now, however, i interpret it much differently. Now I imagine that the reason we don't see the internet in Star Trek's future (especially the social media and entertainment aspects) is because that shit doesn't belong in a utopian future. There is no social media because Trek humans recognize how regressive it is. Their society isn't driven by the profit motive, so there's no use for the attention economy and outrage-oriented algorithms. And somehow the human race in general has matured enough to not be taken in by, or feel a need for, the negative shit that makes up so much social media traffic. Sure, there are probably some equivalent of subspace chat groups between friends, family, and shared interests, but this shitty version that currently plagues our society is just one of those things that future Trek humanity has moved past. The ideal expressed by Picard as "we work to improve ourselves and the rest of humanity" has filled social media's space in culture with more meaningful stuff.

#headcanon accepted #social context

harrykim

Star Trek: The Next Generation 04.19 The Nth Degree

#beverly crusher #tng

defconprime

#deanna troi #tng

itberice

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine I 3.17 Visionary

#odo #benjamin sisko #ds9

respocked

i forgot that in season 2 the maquis kidnapped dukat and the central command told them they could keep him. really good stuff. they had political reasons in doing so, namely to push blame onto him for supplying weapons for the cardassian colonies, but i like to think mostly they also simply did not want dukat anymore

#ds9 #text

spockemon

#kathryn janeway

k-slash-s

1x09 - Dagger of the Mind

#tos #spock #kirk

deepdwellingsteamboat

STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 – 2001・2x18 Death Wish

#tuvok #q #voy

itberice

Have you ever heard the story about the boy who cried wolf?

#julian bashir #elim garak #ds9

lt-commandertom

we need to post more about Beverly Crusher because she is SO FINE

#beverly crusher #tng

overseer-picard

Riker/Troi incorrect text posts

Imzadi forever

#deanna troi #will riker #otp

thetimetostrikeislater

#humour #tos

tanthius

The funniest part of DS9's Civil Defense is that there were so many pre-recorded messages. Like Dukat thought a slave revolt was so likely he took the time to pre-record a bunch of messages about it. But better than that is Legate Kell thought Dukat losing control of the station and trying to flee was so likely that he took the time to record a message telling Dukat to stop being a coward.

Like how many other pre-recorded messages were just chilling in DS9's computer?

#ds9