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March 26, 2012 11:54 pm PDT
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On sci-fi and technology
Dr. Joline Zepcevski, a sci/tech history researcher, quoted by Jeremy Hsu on why much science fiction is as interesting for the technologies abandoned as those newly invented: "Technology is not pre-determined as 'better'—it becomes better when a society deems it to be better or more advanced. With respect to "The Hunger Games," there is no [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/x6CqV4xwxUE/on-sci-fi-and-technology.html
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