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The world 20 years ago would probably seem unrecognizable to many of them who have grown up with the Internet and mobile services, allowing a lifestyle always connected, all on demand. Imagine now moving forward and teleporting 20 years into the future to consider how science and technology may have shaped society in the world of 2037. This is the premise of an XPRIZE competition supported by some Of the best storytellers offering science fiction advisor.
The XPRIZE Foundation is best known for sponsoring competitions aimed at encouraging companies to achieve scientific and technological milestones such as sending robotic rovers to the moon or creating a medical "Tricorder" in the style of " Star Trek ". But this summer, the X-Prize Foundation unveiled a new science fiction advisory board composed of book, film and television storytellers such as Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's Tale"), Neil Gaiman ("American Gods" ), Andy Weir ("The Martian") and Veronica Roth (The Divergent series), among others. Some of these science fiction advisors have already written short stories that include passengers aboard ANA flight 008 from Tokyo to San Francisco which were thrown 20 years into the future.
The XPRIZE Seat 14C campaign also invites members of the public over the age of 18 to present their optimistic view of the future as a short story between 2,000 and 4,000 words. This contest for races until August 25, 2017, is when XPRIZE will reduce the finalists to three floors. Members of the Science Fiction Advisory Board will vote on the winning story and the writer, who will in turn receive a $ 10,000 Tokyo travel package, including a round-trip airfare In Tokyo for two, four nights in a 4 star hotel, $ 1,500 in spending money, a GoPro HERO5 Ultra HD camera and a universal translator illi Handheld.
"The stories will be judged on the basis of a unique vision of the future, adherence to history and alignment with a techno-optimistic vision of the future," according to a press release XPRIZE.
In other words, the XPRIZE Foundation hopes its science fiction advisors can help the nonprofit organization to consider realistic paths to create a "preferred future state". The main fly in the ointment is perhaps the fact that people often have very different ideas about Making a better future. But it is worth looking beyond the usual types of expertise to gather more distant ideas from many of the best storytellers of our time. After all, science fiction has already played a role in shaping the future by inspiring scientists and engineers for decades.
