Feed Themes
Consumerism
Feed takes
place in a near-future world where the media is always with you. No, it's
literally always with you, because the feed is implanted directly in most
people's heads. You think your compuls...
Identity
Quick: in one sentence, explain the difference between Marty
and Link. Can't do it, can you? In Feed,
the constant stream of info telling people what to buy, what to like, what to
listen to, and wh...
Man and the Natural World
There's enough environmental catastrophe in Titus's world to
fuel ten Al Gore movies: turns out, the feed, Top Quark swimming pools, high fashion, and bubble
'burbs come at a high price—and...
Power
The world of Feed is one where the corporations are ultra powerful, all but controlling everyone's
thoughts from cradle to grave. (Nothing at all like our world,
obviously.) From growing up on...
Technology and Modernization
Sure, Feed shows us a lot of technological marvels. Who doesn't want to head off for a
weekend trip on the moon anytime they want? Or visit the moons of Jupiter? Or
have a feed removing headac...
Language and Communication
Forget all the panic about emoji and doge-speak:
Titus and his friends have really ruined language. On future Earth, the equivalent of a hyped-up Internet and
social network have taken over ho...
Friendship
Thanks to pop culture, we know just what friendship looks
like: a big circle of friends who hang with you all the time and constantly get
into one improbable situation after another, sort of like b...
Love
Feed is a love story, one of those "boy meets girl on the moon,
boy takes girl to genetically-engineered meat farm, girl tries her hand at
being a fight-the-power rabble rouser, girl goes brai...
Visions of America (In the Future)
From being completely incurious about the world around them,
to demonstrating an extreme level of arrogance (like in trying to annex the
moon, and not caring about industrial accidents that drown e...