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What the Future Fiction of 2015 Revealed About Humans Today (vice.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the better-days dept.

An anonymous reader writes: There were a lot of stories told about the future in 2015. More than usual, maybe. Big budget blockbusters, hefty, idea-rich novels, and epic, dystopian video games—there was complex, stirring speculative fiction dripping from every media faucet we've got. And it spoke volumes about our anxieties about the present. In 2015, those anxieties are, apparently, concern the rise of science denial, climate change, total collapse.

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  1. Let me guess... by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    That humans today are still terrible at predicting the future?

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    1. Re: Let me guess... by Areyoukiddingme · · Score: 4, Funny

      You mean http://goatse.cx.

      Ordinarily I have no use for stupid fucking hashtags, but.... #kidstoday

      The irony was irresistible. You couldn't even make it a live link...