Charles Yu: New Technology Creates Science Fiction World

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Channel: FORA.tv · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Charles Yu, author, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and Eli Horowitz, former Managing Editor and publisher of McSweeneys, discuss how the speed of advancing technology makes us feel that we are living in a science fiction universe.

Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/07/26/Charles_Yu_How_to_Live_Safely_in_the_Fictional_Universe

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