Submission + - A case for the necessity of Science Fiction (netflowdevelopments.com) 1
unc0nn3ct3d writes: This Article makes an interesting point about the necessity of sci-fi or more specfically speculative fiction as a tool to aid in the long term survival of the human species. "We live in a world that is incredibly frightening for a growing portion of the population because of the exponential rate of change we are experiencing. Our world is changing so fast now that we often don't have time to contemplate the full ramification that come with the increasingly rapid adoption of new technologies and social changes. Most often this is simply because these changes are being introduced almost one after another after another without any time to breath. Speculative fiction however, if widely adopted makes it almost instinctive that we think about these situations and possible outcomes before they even arise. "
