• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    That said, even the masters will fall back on nonsense to make a point. Asimov had coal-powered spacecraft in the Foundation Trilogy to show how technology was slipping backward as if that makes any sense whatsoever.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      gotta make headway before you start backsliding…

      otherwise it’s just going the wrong way.