Even “bad” sci-fi movies can teach us something about emerging technologies!
The film Transcendence, is not a great movie. Yet this futuristic thriller, which stars Johnny Depp as a genius scientist who mind-melds with a supercomputer, provides surprising and sometimes startling insights into how future technologies are unfolding, and the moral and ethical challenges they potentially raise.
Films from the Future: The Last Chapter
Through this book, I’ve set out to show how science fiction movies can help point the way along this journey, flawed as they are. As I’ve been researching and writing it, I’ve developed a deeper appreciation of how the movies here can expand our appreciation of the complex relationship between technology and society, not because they are accurate or prescient, but precisely because they are not tethered to scientific accuracy or to realistic predictions of the future.
Everything you wanted to know about the book “Films from the Future”, but were afraid to ask
On November 15, my first solo-authored popular science/technology book will hit the streets. As we’re only a few short weeks away from the big day, I thought I’d answer some of the questions people may be asking about it. What’s the book called? The...