I love movies, but I really enjoy watching Sci-Fi movies because they basically get to build future technologies without worrying about how they actually work.
On a time line these authors and creators are operating in the future tense and imagining a world where things just work in the perfect conditions. I am watching I-Robot (classic and must watch movie).
While creators are drawing up the world of tomorrow, we have scientists thinking of solutions for the problems of today’s world.
Sci-Fi Movies Predict The Future
Sci-Fi movies about what the Earth would be like in 100 years predicted a lot of future innovations. I-Robot released in 2004 was all about, you guessed it, robots. Now you have companies like Boston Dynamics and Tesla coming up with their own version of robots.
I see old Sci-Fi movies, books, or comics always have some crazy concept device, like in Back To The Future 2, when the painting switches to a video call. Here you can see the Samsung Frame TV go from a painting to a TV.
The point is that the writers are free to let their imagination run completely wild, without having to explain it to the reader or viewer.
If you had no limitations, how big would you imagine your life in 10 years?
The Magic of Thinking Big
Humans have an amazing power called imagination. It’s a power because we can focus our imagination on predicting our future.
In the image above, there is a movie set in the year 2077 where the writers describe self driving or extremely high speed cars (probably flying cars again) and even a friendly computer that you can voice chat with.
You can see these far out ideas from writers’ imaginations coming to life in the present day. You may not see a flying car, but there is a company working on taxi helicopters.
Sci-Fi Your Way To A Good Life
Use this simple framework to imagine your ideal life setting in 5-10 years. Next, like an engineer, figure out the parts in the middle working backwards.
If I want to be like a spy who has a sharp style, with impeccable social skills, then think about all the parts in the middle and beginning.
To have impeccable social skills, you need to master social situations and have ice cold confidence. To build a sharp style, the first thing is to wear clothes that fit aka avoid baggy clothing.