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Why Tech Companies Need Science Fiction Writers On Staff

A little dystopian thinking can go a long way.

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Alex Kantrowitz
Aug 27, 2020
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One night last spring, my apartment’s buzzer went off. Meg Elison, an award-winning science fiction writer, was waiting downstairs. She’d agreed to come by for a strange experiment. 

I was nearly finished with my book, Always Day One, when I asked Elison to visit for dinner. Wael Ghonim, a leader of the social media-fueled Arab Spring, would join as well…

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