Annalee Newitz
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Annalee Newitz is a writer who covers the collisions between technology and media, culture and science. She is the editor of the science and science fiction blog io9.com, and is a contributor to Wired magazine. She is also the co-editor of She's Such a Geek, a collection of essays about female nerds. A former policy analyst at Electronic Frontier Foundation, she's also Vice President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
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Your Business Plan Is Science Fiction – And That's a Good Thing
Just two decades ago, the Web and public internet were the stuff of science fiction. Creators like William Gibson, who coined the term "cyberspace" in his novel Neuromancer, helped define the terms of social life online, as well as inspiring many of the inventions (like smartphones) that we take for granted. But what is today's science fiction telling us about where our technology will go tomorrow? I'll talk about the stories today's scifi creators are telling about the Web and internet, and how their ideas create a fantastical map of what people are seeking in their online lives.