It’s a bit of a side point, but the video points to one reason why I tend to be disinterested in science fiction stories that take place in the present day. (E.g. “invaders from outer space” tales, or Twilight Zone-type stories.) They’re predicated on some kind of consensus reality, which is then disrupted by the flying saucers or what have you, and all the conflict that follows is about restoring the norm.
Whereas “real” science fiction, for me at least, is predicated on changes in that norm having already occurred.
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