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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. Here's a couple wild ideas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    * Stop torturing people. It's good at terrorizing, but doesn't actually help catch bad people.

    * Stop locking people into iron cages because they ate a particular kind of plant.

    Here's a freebie:

    * Stop making laws based on dictates of an invisible guy in the sky who burns people for eternity because they stuck their jimmy in the wrong hole. It's just a little kooky when you think about it.

    Seriously, consulting sci-fi authors? How about consulting superheros like Captain Common Sense?

  2. Re:George Orwell by RDW · · Score: 5, Funny

    It could be worse. The writers might suggest world peace could be achieved by some extensive remodelling of New York City real estate triggered by the appearance of a giant squid.