science fiction
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Steven B. Johnson · across every show →
Everything said about science fiction, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Johnson: Science Fiction Serves as a Vital Long-Term Decision-Making Tool
“This is why science fiction is such an important kind of cognitive tool because you run these alternate scenarios of the future and they help us kind of imagine what direction we should be steering in, even if they're made up stories.”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Nov 22, 2022
Stephenson: Digital technology now advances faster than science fiction can anticipate
“I think it's not just that it's decreased, but that it's swapped around. And so now science fiction is trailing behind. Like things are happening faster than science fiction can really anticipate them, at least in kind of digital. When you're talking about big…”