Optimistic science fiction is hard because if your vision of the future involves tech solving problems, it just eliminates potential plots. SF was more optimistic before the US beat the Cold War, because you could write stories about using lasers on Space Communists/Nazis.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1276009719933489152 …
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Plausible *to the average reader*—I was mentally Morlock-proofing all of these tweets because I want a general theory that allows your books to exist but explains why they’re rare
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