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Old 09-09-2004, 08:27 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Science fiction depicting our near future

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Originally Posted by Warsai
Some of the sci-fi books that will be coming out soon will be set in a time in the near future, a time called the Singularity, a time of revolutionary change in science and technology, similar to our leap out of the stone age. Having computers integrated into the human body becomes commonplace. Nanotechnology will perfected, and so will AI.

The sci-fi books that will be set in this time are similar to the Arthur C. Clarke books in that they are some of the few books that can give a seemingly accurate description of the near future. Most sci-fi books today are either mixed with fantasy, or are set in the far far future, so books like these are usually quite enjoyable.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...676265,00.html.

Your thoughts?

The future is now. The dizzying pace of technological advancement is causing a real future shock in the First World. Machines are replacing human labor at an alarming rate and human beings are in the first state of total integration with machines.

In the future the new racisim will be between cyborgs and ordinary humans. There may even be a war beween the two species.

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