The Robots of Brixton is a fantastically real vision of future urbanism and history that repeats itself. The notion that technology can progress rapidly while urban political and economical contexts continue to suffer from familiar symptoms is an indication that urban systems need to be reconfigured to avoid historical mistakes.
The 1927 film Metropolis had me considering the tension between Utopian ideals and the value of pessimism when preparing for urban failure. Are we deluding ourselves when picturing our urban future? Is there room for a touch of pessimism when preparing future strategies?
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