I think the ethos of SF is re-invention, the possibility of new futures. Since about the mid-90s that has meant tech - but before then the hippies, before them the beats, before them the many de-mobbed service men, before then before then all the way back 1848.
You come to SF to re-invent yourself, to take part in some dimly understood but mesmerizing future. Ideally you come, curious about the place itself (and what it will mean for you), before the next boom. But if you're here for the boom, well fine ... enjoy!
Completely agreed! Even in the time of the gold rush it was a period of discovery and challenging the norm.
SF often holds a form of revolution inside of it. Recently that has been tech, but now that tech is staunchly at the top of the world, I wonder what it will be next? (Maybe AI... but I'd be curious if SF eventually becomes the base for something else revolutionary)
I think the ethos of SF is re-invention, the possibility of new futures. Since about the mid-90s that has meant tech - but before then the hippies, before them the beats, before them the many de-mobbed service men, before then before then all the way back 1848.
You come to SF to re-invent yourself, to take part in some dimly understood but mesmerizing future. Ideally you come, curious about the place itself (and what it will mean for you), before the next boom. But if you're here for the boom, well fine ... enjoy!
Signed: Class of 1985 :-)
Completely agreed! Even in the time of the gold rush it was a period of discovery and challenging the norm.
SF often holds a form of revolution inside of it. Recently that has been tech, but now that tech is staunchly at the top of the world, I wonder what it will be next? (Maybe AI... but I'd be curious if SF eventually becomes the base for something else revolutionary)