Subj : Re: soap operas
To   : Oli
From : Adept
Date : Sun Mar 26 2023 17:43:46

 Ol>  A> Science-Fiction used to be about discovering new technology, travellin
 Ol>  A> places nobody had visitied before and pushing ourselves to reach new
 Ol>  A> levels of awesome. Now it is about technology screwing us over, societ
 Ol>  A> collapsing under their own weight, despots using new science to keep
 Ol>  A> themselves in power.
 Ol> 
 Ol> Sounds like what is happening in the real world, too.

Sci-Fi does seem to reflect society.

That said, I remember the original series of Star Trek having a lot of, "well, what if...?" sort of episodes, that could be somewhat dark. If perhaps less so for Kirk or Spock.

The Next Generation had a few more, with its inclination to be a philosophy class in the stars.

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