Future Perfect: a Postcapitalist Adventure

Developed by Free Machine to generate creative and provocative conversations around democracy and technology, Future Perfect: a Postcapitalist Adventure is a group choose-your-own-adventure in which participants take on the role of neighborhood council members in an imagined society.

Over the course of twenty years in office, the neighborhood councils are confronted with a series of dilemmas arising from climate crises and technological developments relating especially to automation and artificial intelligence. They must debate and vote on their policy responses, and depending on what the councils choose, the future could look very different…

Created by Free Machine

Presented 2018 - 2020 at Ace Hotel LA, Manny’s (SF), Cucalorus Film Festival, San Francisco Night of Ideas, and Avenidas Senior Living Center

Awarded Special Commendation by the Society for Social Studies of Science, Making & Doing Section (2021)