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Sci-Fi Writers Dream Up Ideas For US Government

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the mote-in-uncle-sam's-eye dept.

cheezitmike writes "This week in Washington, DC, a group of Sci-Fi writers is helping the US Department of Homeland Security envision the future at the 2009 Homeland Security Science & Technology Stakeholders Conference. The agency is hoping the interaction between writers and bureaucrats helps the government 'break old habits of thought' and 'help managers think more broadly about projects and their potential reactions and unintended consequences.' And, it's at minimal expense to taxpayers, since the writers are consulting pro bono."

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  1. George Orwell by nEoN+nOoDlE · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seems like now that they've gone and made 1984 a reality, they need new material to work off of.

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  2. An Improvement by Maalstrom+Aran · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ideas, created with pure thought and imagination, that are offered to the government sounds like a much better process than those offered by politicians and lobbyists. Generational ideas are what can improve our place in life, not those created from greed of power.

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