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Highly Illogical: What Sci-Fi Writers Get Wrong About the Future
- bediger4000 12y agoHighly Questionable: What Time.com Gets Wrong About the Present. Actually, a decent article, it just doesn't go far enough, or maybe it ignores that old saw about how "Science fiction has always been about the present, even when it’s dressed in futuristic trappings" (https://hbr.org/2009/07/predicting-the-present https://hbr.org/2009/07/predicting-the-present). That is, what "extractive institutions" do we suffer under today, what "extractive institutions" are we building up right now? I'd say that the big push to own ideas (in the form of "Intellectual Property") is just about the biggest "extractive institution" we've got floating around today, and if the leaks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership are any indication, our upper crust is trying to strengthen.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoCriticises the Romulans for being 'extractive' and thus not having the momentum to become a galactic empire. But ignores expansion, which can fuel growth. Hm, maybe a better argument for Klingon empire building. The Romulans are well-known for being reclusive.