Ben Elton wrote this in Thatcher's England=STARK(STAR ARK)
Science fiction has played and replayed with the failed idea
that robots (I,ROBOT/TERMINATOR)will destroy our humanity.
The very idea of robots,replicants,mutants and humanoids
has fueled sci-fi plots in books,movies and comics ad infinitum
We toy with the IDEA of superpowers from SUPERMAN to GREEN LANTERN
They become the butt of jokes and lyrics of songs
and millions are spent upon unmanned missions
to Mars,sub-orbital flights and robocars(ROBOCOP 1#2#3)
GPS and Dick Tracey wristwatches exist -and sci-fi is here!(at least @conventions)
But despite Phillip K Dick's best projected fantasies,
we still cannot shoot down missiles in STAR WARS
or match movie special effects in ARMAGEDDON scenarios
STAR ARK failed due to human error,drones still kill civilians
and jetpacks exist for one French adventurer for 12 minutes of powered flight
Since cave art and Egypt,we have projected fantasies-
of alien visitations,space probes,mutant creatures
We have cloned sheep(DOLLY)and mapped the human genome.
We express philosophical conundrums about A.I and extended life via implants
Science is still following science fiction,and singularity is deja vu
Watch METROPOLIS,BRAVE NEW WORLD,1984
and ask if you REALLY wish to space time travel on Ark#1
or if robots will replace us in our lifetime.
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