<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Sherryl Vint (she/her)</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Professor</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Director, Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Editor, <i>Science Fiction Studies</i></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Editor, <a href="https://www.palgrave.com/in/series/15760" target="_blank"><i>Science and Popular Culture</i> book series </a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">James Lin</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:james.lin@ucr.edu">james.lin@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 at 10:04<br>Subject: [Chass-faculty] May 24: Science Fiction & ... Economic Crisis!<br>To: <a href="mailto:chass-faculty@lists.ucr.edu">chass-faculty@lists.ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:chass-faculty@lists.ucr.edu">chass-faculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:chass-nsfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">chass-nsfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:chass-nsfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">chass-nsfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Science Fiction & ... Economic Crisis!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Since the 2008 crash, concern about economic policies and another potential crisis have been the topic of much popular culture. Additionally, ongoing work on robotics and automation
 have led many to believe we are rushing toward a future in which most jobs will no longer require humans. Science fiction literature frequently reflects on these topics, depicting both dystopian futures we may soon inhabit or, on the contrary, future worlds
 in which new social structures or innovative technologies create abundance instead of scarcity.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">This series is sponsored by the Center for Ideas and Society, Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science Program, Palm Desert Center, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">More details:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jessica<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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