Biggest failure of imagination in old sci-fi is envisioning of future of information. Foundation has printouts, microfilm, 'info capsules'
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Failure even more stark when you realize Asimov had positronic robots and AGI, but his computing lacked basic modern I/O and networking
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Star Trek is worse. They can beam matter around, but hand each other *individual* documents on tablet thingies that pile up on desks smdh
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. Neuromancer was just 3 years later! I am a huge Asimov/Foundation fan, but this is why cyberpunk disrupted old-school sci-fi
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love that the psychohistory is a cube of algorithms, copying is so cheap
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I stacked my CS with Quantified Sociology undergrad and grad work almost solely due to these series'.
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. another failure? Robots as stand-alone entities, and not the corporate appendages they actually are.
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In 'Neuromancer' they transmit a live feed of Molly's full sensory experience ... but don't have mobile phones!
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