Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
>>Doug wrote:
>>
>>>>Why? We are too much scientifically-oriented, so that
>>>>all those "future technologies" seem much more like fantasy.
>>>>
>>>So why do we read SF that uses the same future technologies?
>>>
>>>
>>Because - as someone else mentioned here - we are interested
>>in the *impact* of those technologies into the societies, in
>>a way to predict what similiar technologies may cause to
>>our society.
>>
>
> Yup.. Alberto, you summed up my dislike for AC perfectly. :)
>
Funny, that might be one of my arguments for liking the game - the
fact that you can manipulate technologies to impact your imaginary
society. It does take a good deal of playing time to understand the
impact of many of the technologies and their relative importance,
but if it was too easy I'd have been bored in short order.
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Doug
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