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 Wars is easily the worst of all. They have some cool 3d viz tech, but show no signs of networked behavior at all otherwise.
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. maybe a UX designer at some point [will have] decided physical PADDs were more intuitive than virtual folders and icons
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UXers don't design the future :D They mostly just offer options and get pissed that history usually goes with 'none of the above'
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Information technology in Trek is near critical level of integration where weird new agents emerge.
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Visual entertainment needs visual cues. Piling up desks immediately conveys an image. How do you show full inbox with same impact?
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SF in print does much better. Vinge has data networks and civilizations that broker data as major export.
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we're still not much better. The very idea of E-sigs is baroque; our continued use of faxes and hand sigs borders on religious ritual.
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