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Do we learn more from utopian or dystopian science fiction?

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- If we assume society is overall getting better (Hans Rosling inspiration) then utopian - If we assume society can black swan bifurcate from stability then dystopian

7:27 AM · Feb 17, 2021Twitter Web App

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Which camp do you reside in? 😇

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Feb 17, 2021

I'm in the camp of obsessing over the possible stress points that might fracture. If improvement is self fulfilling then we likely only impact speed to the utopian asymptote. If we're to have continual improvement it feels closer to a haphazard promise humanity holds itself to.