Becoming Timefaring (Part 1)
“Before we develop the technology needed to build a quantum chronophone, before we find a source of negative-mass material to open and stabilize a wormhole, and before we 3D-print the spacetime-warping metamaterials needed to build a timeship, the first step in becoming timefaring is applying the toolkit (or arsenal) of the literary critic or deconstructionist. We need to travel back in pop culture and assassinate some hallowed sci-fi tropes, most notably the infamous grandfather paradox and its variants, in order to liberate ourselves into surprising new conceptual and imaginative realms.”
Check out my new Medium article, Becoming Timefaring (Part 1): Assigned Walkways and other Time Travel Fallacies. It is the first in a series on the myths and realities of time travel and our timefaring future. With art by the inimitable David Metcalfe.
