My guilty little pleasure is Star Trek. Idealism and utopian future, confronting aggression. I don't have a TV so I haven't seen the new Picard series. I got a book called Picard , so I'll be reading it without seeing the show, my favorite way. I can create my own visualizations and then when I see the show I'll be a bit disappointed by how they visualize the story. I'm making my way through DS9 on Netflix, a show that deserved more of a following, and has probably gotten it in the post-TV world. I love not having to watch commercials, I would say that is the biggest quality of life issue that has happened in my lifetime. I was watching an DS9 episode where Jake wanted to buy his father something because he was down, but he had no money. The Federation exists in a post monetary world. I want to read Trekenomics , an economist examines the post-scarcity universe. I hope to read more into this subject. Reading Picard , I realized what the Romulans represent. They repr...