Ruth Ellen Miller's dissertation, Enhancing impact assessment with extrapolative fiction[1], explored the use of science fiction for projecting technology scena

Ruth Ellen Miller's dissertation, Enhancing impact assessment with extrapolative fiction[1], explored the use of science fiction for projecting technology scenarios. For instance, she found SF stories that described the kind of social/class disconnects that contributed to the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown. Disclaimer: she's a friend and former instructor of mine. [1] http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/816/ http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/816/