Matt Huynh, US-based Vietnamese-Australian
Survival of the Richest
This is an illustration by multi-award-winning artist and storyteller Matt Huynh, for a podcast “Survival of the Richest” by Douglas Rushkoff (Future Human, July 5, 2018). The podcast told a real story and analyzed how the elite who have the power and financial resources to combat the disastrous impact of climate change would leave the poor behind. The current environment of the venture capital world has shaped the elite’s passive belief in a way that the future is no longer a result of our present-day decision but rather a predestined scenario. Both the podcast and this art piece point out the mindset of individual survival of the elite class, and their ignorance of the issues faced by the poor. Label by Yifei He