space station ring cut away showing future homes and farming basking in filtered orbital sunlight

Breakfast Cereal “Trope” and the “Tooth Decay” of Futurism

Background OK, I have seen the word “trope” used to label an archetype or derivative of an archetype in the media industry (“chill girl”, “misunderstood billionaire”, “femme fatale”, etc.). Maybe this whole post uses a word that doesn’t mean what I think it means (thank you Princess Bride), but let’s tee this up anyway. I

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