Involvement in the Creative Futures project, a collaboration with the MoD, has exposed science-fiction authors to discussions about future societal challenges such as climate crisis and technology. Authors express concerns about how their contributions might inform military applications rather than constructive future improvements. They emphasize the distinction between imaginative narratives and predictions. Drawing on historical influences from authors like Jules Verne and Arthur C. Clarke, they explore systemic changes with examples from their works that illustrate dystopian outcomes, stressing the importance of intention in narrative creation.
As it seems the world is hellbent on making some of the dystopian futures we have imagined become reality, I raised my concerns about how our work would be used.
What kind of crises could arise and what sort of disaster relief may be required. The sci-fi writers of the past did a pretty decent job of predicting our present.
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