Stephen Cass mentions the Pontin MIT interview with Neal Stephenson.  Here is a five minute video excerpt of that interview in which Stephenson speaks for the need for more utopian science fiction.  It's a great entry into pondering the relationship between science fiction and engineering:

https://youtu.be/qMSOHFAfXT0

I'm sure Thomas Haigh has written elsewhere on this subject as well but he has a nice essay titled 
"Technology's other storytellers: science fiction as history of technology" in https://books.google.com/books/about/Science_Fiction_and_Computing.html?id=nL5Rx4Iknn4C&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button

Best,

Luke Fernandez
lfernandez.org

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 11:07 AM Ian S. King <isking@uw.edu> wrote:
OK, likewise engaging in horn-tooting, I recently published a paper in 'Ethics and Information Technology' entitled "Science fiction as a value scenario for historical technology" (King, I. S. (2018). Science fiction as a value scenario for historical technology. Ethics and Information Technology, 1-5.), in which I discuss the use of science fiction to enhance historical interpretation of values that influenced the creation and adoption (or lack thereof) of technology.  Please don't hesitate to contact me if you or your institution do not have a SpringerLink account, and I welcome feedback.  

David, I hope this is helpful to you.  -- Ian 

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Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens

Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619


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