Futures

Futurists often avoid messy subjects, there will not be futures without dealing with the nitty gritty. What? Sewer systems ( eg. where your water goes when it leaves you) and other infrastructures which maintain basic life processes: soil, plants, water, etc. Often futurists assume the basics, and that just cannot be done. The same goes for the media, of course, including PBS and Public Radio. In science fiction one seldom finds the remnants of infrastructures, except as backdrops of sorts. Thus when a magazine such as "Time" takes on the challenges to come, most often the same missing elements are found lacking. How long can this continue, this utter unreality?