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fiction can explore ideas in a way that non-fiction cannot. What if humans achieved a post-scarcity society? Lets explore that idea ... turns into Star Trek.
by PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
fiction can explore ideas in a way that non-fiction cannot.
What if humans achieved a post-scarcity society? Lets explore that idea ... turns into Star Trek. If you relegate yourself to purely non-fiction you can never explore that idea in a meaningful way.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agoI dunno if that's true, have you read Superintelligence for example? https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0198739834/ https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-...
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoit's obviously true, fiction can explore everything non-fiction can but the reverse is not true. If that ever stops being true then the categories stop having meaning. It's not an issue that you prefer non-fiction, the book you posted is philosophy and many people enjoy it. But I've explained the appeal of fiction to you, take it or leave it.