I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.

I really like The Expanse - as it doesn’t just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also

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the way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.

So yeah, what are your best examples?

  • stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    That’s a pretty good description of good sci-fi, predicting the unintended consequences or technology, not the developments themselves. Predicting the developments themselves is a bit like any prophesy- if enough people do it eventually one other them turns out to be right. Predicting the consequences is a little more constrained and requires understanding both the technology and human nature.