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If Here If history is the study of the past, what then is the study of the future?

Well, it's futures study or futurology, defined as the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that

underlie them. But is this discipline any better than gazing at a crystal ball?

Worth any more than a tarot reading? What separates the science of the future from science fiction?

I am not qualified to answer, but there is a curious feature in our thinking about the future.

We've always been doing it. We have a long

history of futurology, and our evolving thoughts on the future can tell us a great deal about

ourselves throughout history. So let me introduce today's Saturday matinee from a podcast that

seeks to write a history of the future as told in the past, a show titled Every Single

Sci-Fi Film Ever.

Today, we're investigating the 1953 film adaptation of The War of the Worlds,

based on the seminal H.G. Wells book from 1897.

So, what can we learn about history through a Cold War era telling of a Victorian story?

I hope you enjoy.

While you're listening,

be sure to search for and follow every single sci-fi film ever. You put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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