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How science fiction can help predict the future - Roey Tzezana

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Would you like to know what’s in our future? What’s going to happen to humanity tomorrow, next year, or even a millennium from now? Well, you’re not alone. Everyone from governments to military to industry leaders do as well, and they all employ people - called ‘futurists’ - who attempt to forecast the future. Roey Tzezana explains some of the ways that futurists venture to do so.

Do you think that science fiction writers should take part in governmental and international relations discussions? Should politicians consult science fiction writers?

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