Forget sci-fi: I want tech realism

Fitting believable technology into movies isn’t easy, but it’s high time we acknowledged the reality of our world

Nicole Kobie is PC Pro’s Futures editor and she doesn’t even have a driving licence any more, so what she really wants is a movie about a bus. Someone call Keanu. @njkobie “What’s your favourite sci-fi?” I’ve been asked this a few times on podcasts and radio shows, but I lack a good answer. I tend to say “Margaret Atwood, because I’m a depressing Canadian”, but that’s because I think it’s a good line, or at least better than saying “umm” for a minute before pretending the connection dropped. I’m not being asked about science fiction because I write it. It’s because I wrote a book about tech non-fiction, and it turns out that even when I’m trying to bring reality to discussions on innovation and futurism, people want to…

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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025

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