![]() ![]() (Compare the rigorous, detailed examination of intelligence enhancement in Ramez Naam’s Nexus to films like Lucy or Limitless, the former of which I found so insulting I never finished and the latter of which was quite entertaining but had plot holes so big you could drive a starship through.)Īrrival, by contrast, is a refreshing departure from this trend. The result is that we have a sprawling, insight-rich literary tradition on one hand a comparatively cheap cinematic offering dominated by monster movies on the other. SF is an ideas-driven enterprise, and ideas tend to be easier to capture with words than with images (obvious exceptions like scientific illustrations and bar graphs for data sets notwithstanding). My hypothesis for why this is that the strengths of SF as a genre simply don’t translate very well to screen. Warning : This review contains some spoilers for the film.ĭespite being an enormous fan of science fiction I find I rarely enjoy science fiction movies. ![]() Let me know what you think of including this kind of content on the site along with the usual fitness, training, self-development, productivity and technology posts!īe sure to check out Trent’s own site Rulers to the Sky and read up on his STEMpunk project. Arrival seems to be just such a film, as Trent outlines eloquently here. This is another contribution from the prolific Trent Fowler (see his excellent post on Elon Musk here) and for the first time on The Bioneer, it’s a review! Sometimes a book or film can pose some interesting questions that help us reflect on ourselves in new light. Note: Hey guys, Adam here! So we’re trying something different for this post. ![]()
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