Neal Stephenson identified this same issue, and created Project Hieroglyph as his solution. They're about to release their first anthology of optimistic, progre

Neal Stephenson identified this same issue, and created Project Hieroglyph as his solution. They're about to release their first anthology of optimistic, progressive sci-fi short stories this fall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hieroglyph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hieroglyph