“The Suicide of Our Troubles”

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Title“The Suicide of Our Troubles”
Year for Search2020
AuthorsSchroeder, Karl(b. 1962)
Secondary TitleSlate Future Tense
Date PublishedNovember 28, 2020
ISBN Numberhttps://slate.com/technology/2020/11/karl-schroeder-suicide-of-our-troubles.html
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author
Annotation

The story is set in a future in which aspects of the natural world are enabled by AI and use their ability to communicate to hire a lawyer to develop a strategy to eliminate pollution. For a response, see Anna V. Smith, “When Nature Speaks for Itself.” Slate Future Tense (November 28, 2020). https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/suicide-of-our-troubles-environmental-personhood.html, in which the author discusses attempts to grant legal personhood to the natural world.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. without the illus. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 2. Ed Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2021), 401-418, with a note on the author on 401.

URLhttps://slate.com/technology/2020/11/karl-schroeder-suicide-of-our-troubles.html
Info Notes

For a response, see Anna V. Smith, “When Nature Speaks for Itself.” Slate Future Tense (November 28, 2020). https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/suicide-of-our-troubles-environmental-personhood.html, in which the author discusses attempts to grant legal personhood to the natural world.

Illustration

Illus. Shasha Léonard
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Canadian author (b. 1962)
Full Text

2020 Schroeder, Karl (b. 1962). “The Suicide of Our Troubles.” Illus. Shasha Léonard. Slate Future Tense (November 28, 2020). https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/karl-schroeder-suicide-of-our-troubles.html. Rpt. without the illus. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 2. Ed Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2021), 401-418, with a note on the author on 401. PSt

The story is set in a future in which aspects of the natural world are enabled by AI and use their ability to communicate to hire a lawyer to develop a strategy to eliminate pollution. For a response, see Anna V. Smith, “When Nature Speaks for Itself.” Slate Future Tense (November 28, 2020). https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/suicide-of-our-troubles-environmental-personhood.html, in which the author discusses attempts to grant legal personhood to the natural world. Canadian author.