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Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (Westworld Philosophy, for Readers of ColdFusion Presents New Thinking)
Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (Westworld Philosophy, for Readers of ColdFusion Presents New Thinking)
Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (Westworld Philosophy, for Readers of ColdFusion Presents New Thinking)
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Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (Westworld Philosophy, for Readers of ColdFusion Presents New Thinking)

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Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict the Future

“As the breakneck advance of technology takes us into a world that is both exciting and menacing, sci-fi films give us an inkling of what is to come, and what we should avoid.” —Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, and host of Big Picture Science

#1 Best Seller in Nanotechnology and Computers & Technology

Dr. Andrew Maynard, physicist and leading expert on socially responsible development of emerging and converging technologies, examines science fiction movies and brings them to life.

Advances in science and technology are radically changing our world. Films from the Future is an essential guide to navigating a future dominated by complex and powerful new technologies. The jump from room-filling processors to pocket-size super computers is just the beginning. Artificial intelligence, gene manipulation, cloning, and inter-planet travel are all ideas that seemed like fairy tales but a few years ago. And now their possibility is very much here. But are we ready to handle these advances? As Maynard explains, “Viewed in the right way―and with a good dose of critical thinking―science fiction movies can help us think about and prepare for the social consequences of technologies we don’t yet have, but that are coming faster than we imagine.”

Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take readers on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement, cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Gain a broader understanding of the complex relationship between science and society. The movies include old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative take on the power and responsibilities of emerging technologies.

If you have read books such as The Book of Why, The Science of Interstellar, or The Future of Humanity, you will love Films from the Future.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMango
Release dateNov 15, 2018
ISBN9781633539068

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    2022 Book #55. 2018. The author takes 10 sci fi films and discusses the plausibility of the tech involved and the possible impacts on society of the tech. Mostly an enjoyable read but as the tech overlaps it gets a little repetitive. It helps if you've seen the movies. I'd seen 9.

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