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“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”– Arthur C. Clarke

“I’m leaving my body to science fiction.”–Steven Wright

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Science fiction pervades our culture. Movies, television, books, even stage productions. It’s rich history, and its significance in shaping our views of the future–or for that matter, inspiring us to invent the future–is the subject of this wide ranging discussion with author Tom Lombardo. Among the subjects we cover:

Science Fiction as a pervasive view of the future; all aspects of human experience, not just technology and science.
Parallels between mythology and science fiction
Science Fiction as social satire and even humor (think Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams, for instance).
The danger of Hollywood’s apocalyptic future visions becoming self-fullfilling prophecies
Some of the best future predictions from scifi.

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Tom Lombardo, click image for bio

Science Fiction, The Evolutionary Mythology of The Future. Click for Amazon link.

Episode #38, Science Fiction, The Evolutionary Mythology of The Future

YouTube slide show of episode #38

Center for Future Consciousness (Tom’s web site)

Books by Tom Lombardo

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“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”–Milton Berle

“There are no shortcuts in evolution.”–Louis Brandeis

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Milton Berle was simply funny; Louis Brandeis is about to be proven wrong. Humanity is on the cusp of a new era, full of promise and peril. We are on the verge of directing our own evolution, and when that comes, it will come at a breakneck pace. Breakthroughs in biotech and info-tech are rapidly hurtling us towards an age of self-directed evolution. It will be change by choice, not by chance. What are those choices, and how will we deal with them? How will it change what it means to be human? That is the subject of a forthcoming book by futurist Linda Groff, who joins me as my guest on this episode of Seeking Delphi.™

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