Promise vs Reality
1,357 views · Published 25 August 2010 · 3:00 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: BionicDance · 2010 · Entertainment
Read my webcomic: http://kanirabaxter.comicgenesis.com/ Visit the BionicDance store: http://www.cafepress.com/bionicdance Twitter: http://twitter.com/BionicDance Unless we're born to world travellers, much of our experience of the world--and our expectations of it--will be built by popular media rather than actual experience; the last few generations are a virtual media generation, be it television, movies, or the internet. But even books can produce unrealistic expectations of the world, if we're reading various kinds of fiction. The shock when confronted with harsh reality can be devastating, especially for those of us who wanted to live our lives similarly to our favorite fiction. Those of us who are science fiction fans probably feel this the worst; it's the year 2010 and the progress toward a more "Jetsons"-like world has been lackluster, at best. But even for those who simply read or watched fiction set in other parts of the world have probably discovered that reality and fiction often have a glaring disparity between them. What elements of the world have not lived up in reality to the fiction to which you were previously exposed? Music by Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html Used with permission
