Believe it or not these trends are usually present at the time of writing.
What SF writers usually do is recognize and extrapolate these trends. Like in “Her”:people turning to tech in stead of connecting with their fellow human beings.
Competent SF writers then magnify these trends and set them in the future. What if a lot of people fall for artifical intelligence (Her)? What if there is nuclear war (almost every 80’s SciFi)? What if humanity exports their problems to space (almost every current SciFi)? What if the divide between rich and poor keeps growing and advancements in tech and bioenhancements continue? And so on.
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Believe it or not these trends are usually present at the time of writing.
What SF writers usually do is recognize and extrapolate these trends. Like in “Her”:people turning to tech in stead of connecting with their fellow human beings.
Competent SF writers then magnify these trends and set them in the future. What if a lot of people fall for artifical intelligence (Her)? What if there is nuclear war (almost every 80’s SciFi)? What if humanity exports their problems to space (almost every current SciFi)? What if the divide between rich and poor keeps growing and advancements in tech and bioenhancements continue? And so on.