The Way We Think of the Collective in Science Fiction is Changing

Star Trek, Sense8, Doctor Who & our portrayals of togetherness

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In her 1938 novella Anthem, objectivist writer Ayn Rand, horrified by the Soviet Union she fled, imagined a dystopic, collectivized society where even preferences and friendships were frowned upon. This rejection of individuality was so pronounced in…