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About the Author
Stacey Jones is a cultural critic, writer, and lecturer specializing in the intersection of speculative fiction, technology, and social change. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, where her dissertation examined the evolution of dystopian narratives in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her work has appeared in *The Atlantic*, *The Guardian*, *Wired*, and *Literary Hub*, and she has been a featured speaker at the World Science Fiction Convention, SXSW, and the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Jones is the author of *The Future We Almost Had: How Sci-Fi Shaped Our Political Imagination* and *Algorithms of Control: Technology, Power, and the New Dystopia*. She serves as a contributing editor for *The New Inquiry* and is a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Her research focuses on how speculative fiction can serve as a diagnostic tool for contemporary social pathologies, particularly in the realms of surveillance, algorithmic governance, and the erosion of democratic norms.
In addition to her academic and writing work, Jones consults with nonprofit organizations and policy groups on the ethical implications of emerging technologies. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her partner and two cats, and is currently at work on a new book about the role of hope in dystopian fiction.
