
The Feedback Loop between Tech Innovation and Science Fiction with Chen Qiufan
The Good Robot
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The Myth of High Technology
I think because right now we're thinking about science fiction actually is the new myth in the technology era. I spent a lot of time visiting all those indigenous minority places in China like Inner Mongolia and also southern West multinational areas. So I visit a lot of minority village to visit their shamans and witches so I joined their ceremony, rituals, etc. It's about creating these kind of mediums to connect different phrases of our material or so even go beyond that as there are spirituality dimension there. The term 'techno shamanism' was created by me when I tried to create this word techno shamanism for what I'm trying to do with my story.
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