In Praise of Sci-Fi Determinism
Maize Magazine interviewed me for a feature on futurism and science fiction:
https://www.maize.io/en/content/sci-fi-prediction-reality
“Now that technology is changing our world at an unprecedented pace, science fiction is building a mythology of the 21st century—a mythology shaped by technology and climate change.”
Complement with imagining new institutions for the internet age, using science fiction to understand the future of the web, and my recent interview over the New Books in Science Fiction podcast.
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Eliot Peper is the author of Breach , Borderless , Bandwidth , Cumulus , True Blue , Neon Fever Dream , and the Uncommon Series. His writing has appeared in the Verge, Tor.com, Harvard Business Review, VICE, OneZero, TechCrunch, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and he has given talks at Google, Comic Con, Future in Review, and SXSW.
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https://www.maize.io/en/content/sci-fi-prediction-reality
“Now that technology is changing our world at an unprecedented pace, science fiction is building a mythology of the 21st century—a mythology shaped by technology and climate change.”
Complement with imagining new institutions for the internet age, using science fiction to understand the future of the web, and my recent interview over the New Books in Science Fiction podcast.
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Eliot Peper is the author of Breach , Borderless , Bandwidth , Cumulus , True Blue , Neon Fever Dream , and the Uncommon Series. His writing has appeared in the Verge, Tor.com, Harvard Business Review, VICE, OneZero, TechCrunch, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and he has given talks at Google, Comic Con, Future in Review, and SXSW.
This blog exists thanks to the generous support of loyal readers. Become a member.
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