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The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There’s a trend in U.S. scifi towards militarism and far-future stuff.

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Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That’s attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect.

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I know you’ve been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.

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April 25, 2024

I know you’ve been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.

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April 25, 2024

Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That’s attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect.

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