Science Fiction can be more than cheap genre fiction with little value. Joined by my guest, Nate Ward of The Things We Say Podcast, we discuss how science fiction can inspire and what we think some gets right and some gets wrong. ----more---- Notes: My guest is Nate Ward, one of the two hosts of The Things We Say podcast. https://twitter.com/TTWSpodcast Science fiction as meaningful literature and media Levels of science fiction Things we think Sci-Fi gets right and wrong Star Trek’s Holodecks The failure of utopian visions Data, AI, and motivation AI and the Prime Directive Sound in space Creating cultures Taking human problems to the starts Religion in Science Fiction Economics in Science Fiction Science Fiction we talk about: Star Trek Star Wars Firefly The Expanse book series by S.A. Corey Battle Star Galactica Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds The Orville A book whose title and author shall not be named…   Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast   Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ ) “For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )