LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL Ronald Reagan was deeply influnced by SciFi when implementing policy. He reportedly initiated cybersecurity changes within the DoD after watching the movie WarGames and asking if it was plausible.www.newamerica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1317
arrow-up1317external-linkTIL Ronald Reagan was deeply influnced by SciFi when implementing policy. He reportedly initiated cybersecurity changes within the DoD after watching the movie WarGames and asking if it was plausible.www.newamerica.orgLincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoThat’s arguably one of the greatest values of scifi, to get people to ask what might happen in a world where plausible technological or cultural changes take place, or what we could learn about our own world from such possibilities.
That’s arguably one of the greatest values of scifi, to get people to ask what might happen in a world where plausible technological or cultural changes take place, or what we could learn about our own world from such possibilities.