For the good of humanity, every “hard” science fiction story has to have elves in it, now, as a reminder that none of it is ever gonna happen, so we should not try to base our society on trying to make it happen.
Benjamin HarnettI’ve been reading more contemporary science fiction for *reasons* and the number one thing it lays bare is that all science fiction is actually fantasy and that a lot of people are suffering from this category error now in a way that is ruining the world.