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[tchalla]

> When it was imagined, we called it "distopian"

I always though it was "dystopian" but your spelling made me check again. Apparently, "distopia" is used in some romance languages like

Spanish - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distop%C3%ADa

Portuguese - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia

Italian - http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia

[themartorana → tchalla]

Neat. I didn't do that on purpose... I misspelled it, but I'll leave it since you have a neat point.

[walshemj → tchalla]

They are two related terms A dystopia is a particular society like Metropolis in the 30's Fritz lang film film. Dystopian is how you describe say ubiquitous CCTV cameras.

[juliangregorian → tchalla]

It's appropriate, too, as "dis" is Latin while "dys" is Greek.