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Dystopia Finnish Literature Mental HealthWritten by Fríða Ísberg, Larissa Kyzer (Translation), Frida Isberg
Read by Peta Cornish, Laurence Dobiesz
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The Icelandic Psychological Association has prepared a test. They call it a sensitivity assessment — a way of measuring a person’s empathy and identifying the potential for anti-social behaviour.
In a few days’ time, Iceland will vote on whether to make the test compulsory for every citizen. The nation is bitterly divided. Some believe the test makes society safer; others decry it as a violation.
As the referendum draws closer, four people - Vetur, Eyja, Tristan and Ólafur - find themselves caught in the teeth of the debate. Each of them will have to reckon with uncomfortable questions: Where do the rights of society end and the rights of the individual begin? When does utopia become dystopia?
No matter which side wins, they will all have to find a way to live with the result.
Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
Release date: 06-04-24