On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 08:16:36AM -0400, Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: > I respectfully suggest you include in your effort someone > knowledgeable about the literature of science fiction. A significant > fraction of stories in this genre touch quite directly on the social > impacts of technology, and they often do so long before the issues are > taken up by academia or public debate. Often written by scientists or > technical experts in the specific fields, such stories are something > of an early warning system for the threats and potentials of new > technologies.
Couldn't agree more. Specially, I would emphasize that you try to find sci-fi authors which specialize in "near-future" sci-fi. Charles Stross comes to my mind right now. You can check his blog [1], he has published some very interesting exploratory articles. Cheers, [1] http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/ -- José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org/
