Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future?
In collaboration with Issues in Science and Technology
- In-Person
- 国产视频
740 15th St NW #900
Washington, D.C. 20005 - 9AM 鈥 3:15PM EDT
It鈥檚 2014 and we have no flying cars, no Mars colonies, no needle-less injections, and yet plenty of smartphone dating apps. Is our science fiction to blame if we find today鈥檚 science and technology less than dazzling? Inspired by Neal Stephenson鈥檚 2011 article 鈥淚nnovation Starvation,鈥 in which he argues that science fiction is failing to supply our scientists and engineers with inspiration, and the new anthology Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, this event will explore a more ambitious narrative about what鈥檚 coming. From the tales we tell about robots and drones, to the narratives on the cutting edge of neuroscience, to society鈥檚 view of its most intractable problems, we need to begin telling a new set of stories about ourselves and the future.
Breakfast and lunch will be served.
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