
Ryan Britt: Can Science Fiction Save Us?
Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn & Reza
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The Power of Science Fiction in Changing Society
The best science fiction is the kind that uses the trappings of the future to explore the issues of the present. Science fiction also has the power to change society, right? It has a deep influence, an effect upon our society. But it also works the other way too, where, you know, not only does science fiction reflect society, like you say, in all the changes. I was thinking about blade runner the other day. Blade runner is ostensibly aboutbou hunter hunting down escaped robots who are er basically killers and they're no good. But then in the end of the movie, a, roy bady a doesn't kill deckart. He saves him. And then he
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