I have recently been watching and reading a lot of sci-fi recently, both old and relatively new. After having read Orwells 1984, it is uncanny how many societies in Europe are similar( though obviously not the same) to the "Airstrip One" portrayed in regards to surveillance of citizens. For example check this graphic.http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597. And many technological advances are being made or have been made because the initial ideas have appeared first within the arts. For example the automatic door was perfected soon after Star Trek appeared on screens or the idea of robots being similar in size and shape to humans which are self conscious which are being developed now first appeared in the film "Metropolis" in 1927.
So my question is do you think anyones vision of the future has turned out to be accurate? And of all the current sci-fi whos vision of the future can you foresee becoming reality. Is this future an utopia or dystopia?
I personally think that the world of "Ghost In The Shell" will be a good benchmark by which to judge the future. I personally believe the cyberisation of humans as it appears in "GITS" isnt too far away( by which I mean 30-40 years) and I can see the "Net" evolving into what is also portrayed.
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