{"id":590,"date":"2022-08-28T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2022-08-28T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:48:06","slug":"why-sci-fi-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/?p=590","title":{"rendered":"Why SCI-FI Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science Fiction<\/strong> came to be for many reasons.<\/p>\n

Some say it sprang from fantastical attempts by early storytellers to imagine a world transformed by Technology … or Social Revolution. Some argue that it only became possible between the 17th and 19th centuries, spawned by a wave of Scientific Discovery.<\/p>\n

But its origins are far more basic than that.<\/p>\n

It came from our need to DREAM.<\/p>\n

SCI-FI can Challenge and Inspire us to reach for New Heights … Right Wrongs of the past … Warn us about the dangers of Blind Pursuit … and sometimes, even show us the Way to create a Better World.<\/p>\n

It can Empower the powerless, make “the impossible” Reality, and open our eyes to Truth that we might have never seen otherwise.<\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n

By doing something truly Great — making us answer the big “what ifs?” What if<\/em> we could journey to the stars? Or travel through time? Or create an artificial person? Or a million more that we haven’t yet thought of. And all of the answers that we might imagine will no doubt lead to more questions — all offering the promise of Enlightenment.<\/p>\n

For fans of SCI-FI, creative Storytellers like Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Octavia Butler have shaped who we are, what we want to be, and what we believe to be possible.<\/p>\n

Almost every engineer, inventor, or programmer has a story about when Science Fiction showed them something fantastical and they thought “How do we make it real?” And that is the GIFT of Storytelling — it shows us what is possible but also what awaits us … if we can just be more open to exploring the frontier.<\/p>\n

Butler, when asked why she began writing Science Fiction, once said, “There are no closed doors, no walls.” A black woman from Southern California who withstood many humiliating low-wage jobs while discovering her writing identity, she found that reading and writing Science Fiction helped her to confront Racism and Sexism — by allowing her to envision new worlds on paper.<\/p>\n

Why does SCI-FI Matter?<\/p>\n

Not simply because it’s fun or thought-provoking or visionary — predicting endless possibilities (depending on the choices we make) — or even because it allows us to Dream … but because it is about the FUTURE.<\/p>\n

A Future where CHANGE is Possible.<\/p>\n

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