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Re: Dystopic novel



i agree that dystopia is perhaps the most universal sci-fi or speculative
fiction theme. does that say that we fear the future or that we revel in
fear? 

one scholar writing about virtual reality from a cultural studies
perspective told me that when he told people involved with vr what he was
writing on, they all said 'cool' but he insisted it's about the scary
dystopic parts, 'even cooler' he was perplexed. how could folks devoting
their time and money to vr be delighted to hear that he was writing about
vr as perhaps evil? 

are scientists and engineers and software architects master ironists?

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