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
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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.”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:26 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Mayer: Ancient mythology was humanity's first science fiction
“You could call ancient mythology cultural dreams or ancient thought experiments. They're basically the very first science fictions before science.”
Adrienne Mayer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:39 a16z Podcast | Ancient Dreams of Technology, Gods & Robots
Nov 22, 2022
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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…”
Neal Stephenson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 1:22:31 Neal Stephenson on the Future of the Metaverse
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