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What do we dream of now? I've been reading 70s and 80s sci Fi and loving all of the ideas of the future they had. I don't see them today but I don't know what

• gpderetta 3y ago
  I think cyberpunk was pretty spot on?
  • johndhi 3y ago
    That's the 90s though, right? What about now?
    • rizky05 3y ago
      [dead]
    • coldtea 3y ago
      Now we dream of commercializing a hype for 5 years and moving to the next one.
      • adrianN 3y ago
        Don't forget sequels to hypes from the eighties.
• WillAdams 3y ago
  Mastering biological processes so that we can ensure that there is enough food for everyone (of a reasonable variety)[1] and that maybe the plants can do well and clean up our environment and make it nicer to live in?[2] Maybe to achieve long enough human lifespans that we can think of interstellar travel?[3] 1 - Hal Clements _Space Lash_, short story "Raindrop" 2 - L.E. Modesitt, Jr's The Forever Hero trilogy (as well as the "The Mechanic" from Space Lash) 3 - Poul Anderson's _The Boat of a Million Years_
• climb_stealth 3y ago
  I'd say Ian M. Banks Culture series [0]. Arguably also written in the 90ies but it draws a bit more of a positive picture. I'd love to live in an environment like that. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series