5LINX is a corporation, created in the early 2000's, whose chief export is despair. They have formed a business model by which willing participants donate $500, along with their hopes and dreams, and are given a steaming pile of desolation in return. Often, investors will be encouraged to purchase other products as well, including unreliable phone service and 5LINX paraphernalia; it is unclear if this enhances their enjoyment of the destruction of their lives. See also: pyramid scheme.

Solarpunk is a movement focused on a positive, ecological vision for a future where technology is used for human-centric and ecocentric purposes. It is a literary, artistic and aesthetic sub-genre and is also closely tied to eco-political activism. Solarpunk narratives have a distinctly positive and utopian foundation in contrast to the often dystopian visions found within other "punk" science fiction genres.