{"id":145120,"date":"2026-02-17T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/ari-perez-in-colectivero\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:34:33","slug":"ari-perez-in-colectivero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/ari-perez-in-colectivero\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari Perez in Colectivero"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on Qu\u00e9Onnda, we dive into the depths of speculative science fiction and the Mexican publishing market. In the most recent episode of the Colectivero podcast, under the production of Nueva Network, host \u00d3scar welcomed Ari P\u00e9rez, one of the most multifaceted voices in the current literary scene. HERE<\/a> you can listen to the podcast.<\/p>\n

Perez, who is a Japanese translator, editor of Rocambolesca magazine and author of the anthology Dangerous Fantasies, unpacked the tensions of a future where humanity could be digging its own grave through technological convenience.<\/p>\n

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Click on the photo to listen to the podcast<\/h2>\n
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The talk was based on a story by Ari P\u00e9rez published in issue 8 of Colectivero magazine.<\/p>\n

In this story, we follow Marlow, a man who wakes up in a future where humans sleep for decades while being cared for by autonomous assistants.<\/p>\n

Ari Perez revealed that his inspiration was born from an eclectic mix: from the lyrics of 70’s science fiction songs that foretold a future where arms would be “stiff” from lack of use, to the vision of the Eloi’s in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine.<\/p>\n

“It’s a very boring utopia,” said Perez.<\/p>\n

“If technology does everything for us, we lose anger, passion and individuality. Marlow wakes up because he feels he’s forgetting his anger, and that anger is what restores him as a human.”<\/p>\n

The artificial intelligence and minimalism trap<\/h2>\n

For the author, the advance of artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n

Although he is optimistic in the short term because of its benefits in medicine and education, he warns of an existential risk in the long term: absolute homogeneity.<\/p>\n

Loss of identity:<\/strong> If everything is within reach without effort, the need to create and study disappears.<\/p>\n

The hive mind:<\/strong> Perez warns that we are heading towards a world where being different is meaningless if everyone can “customize” their life in the same way.<\/p>\n

The Japanese model:<\/strong> As a translator of Japanese, P\u00e9rez integrates cultural minimalism into his work. He suggests that societies that detach themselves from the material might be the only ones capable of surviving emotionally in an environment dominated by automatons.<\/p>\n

The publishing ecosystem in Mexico: Between terror and fashion<\/h2>\n