The language of hope

I've heard a lot of people talk about how we need more hope to overcome the challenges we face today.  But then I heard this and it made something click:

"These revolutions, the unrest, the protests, I think, will go on, because it is about a generation that doesn’t know what the story is anymore. What is the story about how my life is going to get better?"  (Paul Mason)

The language of hope is spoken through stories!

What sorts of stories are being told today?  Compare the cyberpunk of today with the classic sci-fi of the previous generation.  Star Trek was full of hope for the future.  Terminator and The Matrix paint a very bleak future.  The stories this generation is being told and the stories it is telling are full of desperation, and soon, revolution.

If we can change the direction we are going, it will have to start with re-telling our own stories in manner which re-writes a hopeful future, because the stories we are telling today are writing the future we will see tomorrow.