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National Eat Vegetables Day and the Future of Meat

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National Eat Vegetables Day may seem like an unlikely inspiration for a science fiction discussion, but current debates about meat consumption raise fascinating questions about the future. As health concerns, environmental pressures, and changing social attitudes converge, SF readers are uniquely positioned to ask where these trends might lead. Will meat remain a permanent feature of human civilization, or will future generations view it as an outdated and unsustainable practice?

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When “Agentic” Suddenly Became a Thing

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Why has “agentic AI” suddenly become the term everyone’s using? What looks like an overnight trend is really the visible edge of a rapid shift—from passive tools to systems that can act, decide, and iterate. For science fiction readers, it’s a familiar moment: the future we’ve long imagined beginning to take shape, with all the promise—and unease—that implies.

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The Singularity: Flashpoint or Slow Burn?

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Tech futurists Ray Kurzweil and Kevin Kelly offer radically different visions of the Singularity—one fast and transformative, the other slow and uneven. In this post, I explore both views, share a surprising take from ChatGPT, and offer my own perspective on how the future might unfold—not with a bang, but in a hundred quiet revolutions.

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Star Trek Cities and Supertrains: Alberta’s Leap into the Future

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From O’Neill cylinders to ultra-fast pod trains, I’ve always been fascinated by how future technologies might reshape the way we live. Now, with a transpod line planned between Edmonton and Calgary, we’re on the brink of a sci-fi-style shift in how Albertans connect, commute, and imagine their cities.

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When Sci-Fi Steps into the Kitchen: Meet Helix, the Freakishly Human Robot

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Watching Helix, Figure AI’s humanoid robot, calmly flipping boxes like a human worker, I felt that eerie thrill: science fiction is stepping right into the kitchen. With promises of domestic robots in homes within a decade, are we ready for this future — or already living it?

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Who Should Control Space?

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Who should control space? As satellites multiply and commercial players crowd low Earth orbit, the old question of ownership gives way to something trickier: governance. From traffic control to peacekeeping, enforcing rules in orbit isn’t just hard—it may be impossible in the traditional sense. But if no one can own space, does anyone have the right—or responsibility—to police it? This post explores the real-world state of space management, the challenges of enforcement, and how science fiction—from Star Cops to The Ptolemy Lane Tales—offers unexpected insight into the future of orbital order.

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What Makes a Book a “Classic” in Science Fiction?

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There are some books in science fiction that never seem to fade. Dune. Foundation. The Left Hand of Darkness. Decades later, we’re still reading them, studying them, arguing about them. They’ve carved out a permanent space on the shelf—and not just for their fans, but for the genre itself.

So what is it that makes a book a “classic”?

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