Logan's Run
Flee before thirty
Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film set in a domed future society where citizens are executed at age 30 to prevent overpopulation.
The title character is an enforcer who hunts those who try to escape their fate.
The phrase now alludes to any system that discards people past a certain age: Tech companies treat thirty-five like Logan's Run.
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- carouselRevolving platform with seats
- renewalMaking current again
- sandmenMythical sleep-inducers
domed city · escape · 30 · 1976 · science fiction · futuristic · pursuit · rebellion · outside · old age · truth · utopia · hedonism · youth · termination · frozen · fire and ice · cathedral
Logan's RunTuck Everlasting
Novel about eternal life
natural death · life extension · gerontocracy · transhumanism
Logan's Runbodily autonomy
Control over one's physique
right to life · self-determination · free society · individual freedom · free will
Logan's Runancestor worship
Religious honoring of forebears
gerontocracy · council of elders · respect for elders · Yoda · Gandalf