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+title: A prototype of the future
+date: 2024-06-04T18:50:50-07:00
+city: San Francisco
+country: California
+extract: Jack Cheng on novels.
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+[Jack Cheng](https://www.jackcheng.com/sunday/423-die-hard-calmwashing-and-cosplaying-the-future/):
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+> Fiction is a backdoor into a communal vision. A novel – maybe every novel – is a prototype of the future. And if the ideas that the tech industry is pursuing feel stagnant, feel from the [same old paratactic lists](https://kschroeder.substack.com/p/recognizing-stagnation), maybe it points to a shortage of compelling fictions for what the world could be.
