SciFi has launched a new blog featuring a list of contributors that includes physicist Michio Kaku, former astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman and entrepeneur Richard Branson.
Actor Anton Yelchin is also blogging and although he isn't a science or technology guru he is starring in the upcoming "Star Trek" film. I suppose that gives him some geek cred.
The blog, says Sci Fi president Dave Howe, calls upon each contributor to "share his or her unique perspective on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The blog will draw upon their distinct and visionary reflections — voices that represent the choices that we as a society will be making to help shape our own future choices. "
Kaku's first post, "The Most Important Generation May Be The One Now Alive" examines where our civilization fits in the system used by astrophysicists to estimate how advanced civilizations on other planets might be (if we were to ever find them). How're we doing? Not so great now, but the Internet, global trade, omnipresence of English and a global pop culture are signs we're becoming a planetary civilization. Getting there, says Kaku, is going to be a rough transition.
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