So you may not think these go hand in hand, but they do. Think about every futuristic setting sci-fi story you know, maybe all you can think of is I, Robot or maybe minority report. What do they all have in common…say it with me kids…social commentary with philosophical undertones. Now I wish I could spend them time and break this down but I just can’t…so here are a few articles on the subject.

http://www.philosophynow.org/archive/articles/34madigan2.htm

http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/scifi.html

http://www.amazon.com/Intersection-Science-Fiction-Philosophy-Contributions/dp/0313224935

http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Science-Fiction-Michael-Philips/dp/0879752483

http://huizen.daxis.nl/~henkt/science-fiction-philosophy.htm

So use that time that I obviously don’t have BUT YOU DO and read a few articles and books. It might make you appreciate sci-fi. Oh! if you don’t like what they are saying…maybe you could write your own.