And this too is a surprise, how? I sit back and watch everything happening daily and just sigh. It’s no wonder that dystopian science fiction is such a big seller. How can people feel positive about the future when the world is crashing and burning around them? 

Writing is nothing more than a reflection of the world that people are seeing. 

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