Chapter 1: The Future Is What It Used To Be
Son of the Empire: Richard Barbrook as a Cub Scout of America, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1965.
Artwork by Alex Veness for forthcoming publication: Imaginary Futures, by Richard Barbrook (Pluto Press, 2007). Airbrush and watercolour on paper, 221mm X 138mm.
Cooperative creativity and participatory democracy should be extended from the virtual world into all areas of life. This time, the new stage of growth must be a new civilisation.