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[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago (47 children)

Do you think we're headed towards a future like the Matrix or more like the Terminator?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

hoping for star trek future-- although that means the next 40-50 years will be pretty terrible.

[–] hersh@literature.cafe 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Bell Riots are coming this year. The Second American Civil War starts in 2026, which leads directly into WWIII.

From there, everything is pretty much terrible until warp drive is invented.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

it's creepy how specific (and prophetic) the star trek writers were about our future. other than the Eugenics Wars not happening in the 90s, they've been pretty spot-on. let's just hope that they're right about April 5, 2063.

[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No eugenics wars in the 90s? The Bosnia-Serbian conflict??

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The one predicted in Star Trek had to do with genetically engineered Superman, trying to take over the world. So a little bit different than that.

[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Classic Bosnian-Serbian conflict!!

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

The Bell Riots story line is by far my fave DS9 arc. There’s a really good Terry Pratchett book with roughly the same concept that is also my favorite of his books. It’s called Night Watch.

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