Much of the foundation of hard science fiction is effectively taking our reality today and asking, “If this one thing were different, how would the world look?”
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Much of the foundation of hard science fiction is effectively taking our reality today and asking, “If this one thing were different, how would the world look?”
So, as we aspire to be “innovative” or “creative”, we must learn to be better at evaluating plausible useful counterfactuals. Playing too safe doesn’t really get us anywhere beyond what may be in textbooks. And being too unanchored just creates arguments as useful as those in YouTube comments.
Those in power typically prefer the status quo; after all, rules were made by those who were powerful enough to set the rules in the first place. And while rules are ostensibly made for the benefit of all, they are rarely, if ever, made at the expense of those in power.