People Giving Up Their Thinking During Pandemic in an Emerging Dystopia: Novelist Walter Kirn

Author, journalist, and essayist Walter Kirn in New York on Jan. 20, 2022. Zhen Wang/The Epoch Times

Walter Kirn, a novelist, essayist, and journalist, has witnessed individuals give up reason to obey authority figures’ COVID-19 guidelines and mandates, he says, pushing us to further resemble a dystopian society.

Dystopian societies are often characterized by government and technological control, loss of individualism, and people mainly being concerned with survival.