What Science Fiction Got Wrong...and Right! (and how you make the future) (Online)

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday October 14, 2021
      11:00 am - 12:15 pm
  • Location: Online
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Summary Sentence: 50 Years if Science Fiction at Georgia Tech continues with an exciting lecture by Gideon Marcus of the podcast Galactic Journey!

Full Summary: 50 Years if Science Fiction at Georgia Tech continues with an exciting lecture by Gideon Marcus of the podcast Galactic Journey!

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In the 1950s and '60s, scientists and engineers were hailed as saints of progress. People believed that technology would solve all of the world's problems.
 
But the science fiction and mainstream prognosticators of the same era also foresaw technology causing the world's imminent end: by nuclear war, overpopulation, global unemployment, environmental catastrophe ... and plague.
 
How accurate were the futurists and science fictioneers of the last century? What predictions didn't materialize, and what visions may yet come true? And do we, today, have the ability to change tomorrow?
 
Join Hugo Finalist, Gideon Marcus for "What Science Fiction got wrong ... and right! (and how you make the future)"
 
 
More about Gideon Marcus, the author, at Journey Press: https://galacticjourney.press/author-pages/gideon-marcus/
 
More about Gideon Marcus, the podcaster, at Galactic Journey: http://galacticjourney.org/
 
This event is part of the 50 Years of Science Fiction Celebration at Georgia Tech.

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In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Georgia Tech Library

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Undergraduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
event, Library, GIdeon Marcus, 50 Years of Sci FI at Tech, Galactic Journey
Status
  • Created By: Jason Wright
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Sep 8, 2021 - 12:53pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 4, 2021 - 5:36pm