We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. R. D. Laing
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] Re: I didn't know about this..... Arthur wrote: > One of my colleagues used to urge me to read more science fiction. > I replied that I don't have to: I am living science fiction every > day. I felt that I was trying to describe an unthinkable present and I actually feel that science fiction's best use today is the exploration of contemporary reality rather than any attempt to predict where we are going. The best thing you can do with science today is use it to explore the present. Earth is the alien planet now. -- William Gibson, 1997 We live in a world where emissions from our refrigerators have caused the ozone layer to evaporate and we'll get skin cancer if we sunbathe. If that's not a science fiction scenario, I don't know what is. -- William Gibson The future is already here -- it's just unevenly distributed. -- William Gibson (2000) -- Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. /V\ [email protected] /( )\ http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
