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Re: "Neat" Pictures

 

http://io9.com/5911520/a-chart-that-reveals-how-science-fiction-futures-changed-over-time

 

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Oddly, the Mid-future set doesn't seem to change as much as the other two. Also, and this is not authoritative, but it looks like the Near future trends with pessimistic scifi far future trends more with wild-eyed escapist scifi.

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I recall it used to be A&E = Arms and Entertainment and History = All Hitler Channel.

 

The A&E channel used to have a comedy show I watched regularly. "A&E's An Evening At The Improv". The occasional not-quite-so-funny commedian, but most were good to great.

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Re: "Neat" Pictures

 

http://io9.com/5911520/a-chart-that-reveals-how-science-fiction-futures-changed-over-time

 

original.jpg

 

Oddly, the Mid-future set doesn't seem to change as much as the other two. Also, and this is not authoritative, but it looks like the Near future trends with pessimistic scifi far future trends more with wild-eyed escapist scifi.

 

It's a cool infographic.

 

I'd argue one thing: I've hard the argument that 50 years is too far for the 'near future' and that it should be closer to 25 years. Hard to judge that one I think.

 

Second, I've read this phrase a lot: Near Future is about the present. Far Future is about the distant past.

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