April 18, 2013
As a self-admitted recovering nerd, it should be no surprise I've been a sci-fi fan my whole life. Whether it's pouring over the Patton Oswalt Star Wars filibuster, reading all the Iron Man 3 spoilers I can find, or wondering which direction The Walking Dead will take next, I've always been fascinated with the genre. And I've often wondered if there are any really great ideas that sci-fi hasn't already given us. Remember the old saying, "science fiction plus time equals science fact"? It's all true. So I do wonder at times if there is anything new we can expect out of HR. Have we already hit on all the good ideas? Are we just trying to make them reality? If we look at the writings of Asimov, Gibson, or Phillip K. Dick, we are shown worlds where HR doesn't exist. Where our systems run our…
HR, Science Fiction and the Future
April 18, 2013
As a self-admitted recovering nerd, it should be no surprise I've been a sci-fi fan my whole life. Whether it's pouring over the Patton Oswalt Star Wars filibuster, reading all the Iron Man 3 spoilers I can find, or wondering which direction The Walking Dead will take next, I've always been fascinated with the genre. And I've often wondered if there are any really great ideas that sci-fi hasn't already given us. Remember the old saying, "science fiction plus time equals science fact"? It's all true. So I do wonder at times if there is anything new we can expect out of HR. Have we already hit on all the good ideas? Are we just trying to make them reality? If we look at the writings of Asimov, Gibson, or Phillip K. Dick, we are shown worlds where HR doesn't exist. Where our systems run our…