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Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way

Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way Sci-fi serves as a kind of fodder for rumination, to stimulate the mind, and to kick us out of the everyday, habitual, ways of thinking that we all fall into. https://scroll.in/article/916584/dont-listen-to-the-critics-science-fiction-explores-what-it-means-to-be-human-in-the-truest-way

6 Badass Female Time Travelers Who Get the Job Done

6 Badass Female Time Travelers Who Get the Job Done There is no single archetype of the female time traveler. She may be a young newlywed on her honeymoon, or a septuagenarian acting as a secret government weapon. She is black, or white, or from a f… https://www.tor.com/2019/02/20/female-time-travelers-methods-sci-fi-fantasy/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D

8 Books to Help You Rebuild After an Ecological Catastrophe

8 Books to Help You Rebuild After an Ecological Catastrophe So you’ve lived through an ecological disaster that’s drastically changed the world (or at least some corner of it): the water’s dried up, the bees have disappeared, temperatures … https://www.tor.com/2019/02/26/8-books-to-help-you-rebuild-after-an-ecological-catastrophe/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D

Millennial socialism, atomic clocks and Chinese government-sanctioned science fiction

Millennial socialism, atomic clocks and Chinese government-sanctioned science fiction Audio highlights from the February 16th 2019 edition https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2019/02/18/millennial-socialism-atomic-clocks-and-chinese-government-sanctioned-science-fiction

Ignore the science fiction: AI isn’t out to get us | The Spectator

Ignore the science fiction: AI isn’t out to get us | The Spectator Every ten to 15 years there is a technology breakthrough that really changes what it means to be human. The internet, mobile phones, social media and, most recently, AI voice assistance: all of these… https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/02/ignore-the-science-fiction-ai-isnt-out-to-get-us/