Has it sunk in on people yet that all space operas are allegories for the future of the internet?
Foundation for eg. is a fall-of-platforms future with Google as Trantor.
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Force field = invulnerability of pseudonymity/anonymity
Hyperspace = tcp/ip stack
Artificial gravity = codes of conduct
Time travel = MMOs
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Death Stars = coordinated influence operations (state or non-state)
Space ships = online communities
Messaging layer = Ansible
New media = new consciousness levels for species to transcend up to
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People who don't believe in time travel are at a severe disadvantage.
All comedy is based on invulnerability (probably because it embodies social death).



