I love science fiction. It can often provide insight into prevailing thought patterns, and I often find myself thinking that SciFi is often prophetic - not in the predictive sense, but in the "If you keep doing these things, this will be the result" kind of way that the biblical authors intended for their writings to be used. Star Trek is popularly known as having addressed social and political issues, in the television shows, movies, and books. Other science fiction writers also consistently address thee topics within their writings. Isaac Asimov is one such writer. His Foundation and Robot series in particular cause me to pause often and reflect on how modern society reflects the kind of thinking within that universe.

Of course, one of my favorite quotes of his comes from an article he published in 1980: