Science fiction films have many warnings for us – not least, how the road to a perfect future society is fraught with peril.

http://www.bbc.com/future/stor...

Almost all sci-fi is a warning about how things can go wrong, in the times the author wrote the story.

In a future 100,000years from now, what would the warnings be that the author's of today could pen?

I think probably the best example, written in 1895, is "The Time Machine", giving the technocopian/distopian example that, if we're not careful, humans would split into cattle (Eloi) and those that eat them (Morlock). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

As someone that is a computer programmer, I see that warning today, $((2014 - 1895)) = 119 years later: How many of society just 'use' technology vs those few "the technological one percent?" that create/engineer/produce it?

...thanks for sharing it.

Agreed. Although not a book, I'd say "District 9" a good example: sci-fi critique on apartheid.

I imagine that, if a book portrays a future too different, the reader may not find it enjoyable, relate-able, or worth recommending to their other sci-fi reading acquaintances

So, unless the author has other revenue streams, they are dis-incentivized to write something 'too far out.'

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Work in SF but do it via telecommuting from rural Alabama?

In my opionion any salary, IT or not, at or under, US$100k/yr should be paid overtime for over 40hrs/wk.

It should be inflation-adjusted each year, as well.