Science Fiction

Ray Bradbury once wrote a fantastic story called “The Toynbee Convector.” The story’s protagonist claims to have returned from the future with tapes and films of a miraculous technological paradise in which humanity has solved all its pressing problems. Humanity, imbued with confidence that its dreams will come to fruition, proceeds to build that future — not realizing that said tapes and films were nothing but a hoax. Has anyone ever summed up the job … Read more