Colonial cities can be viewed as the forerunners of what the contemporary capitalist world city would eventually become. For … in the colonial and paracolonial societies and especially Asia, Africa and Latin America … the representatives and institutions of industrial capitalism first confronted those of ethnically, racially, and culturally different pre-industrial and pre-capitalist societies at any significant scale

"So wie es aussieht, wird die Crew der Destiny dabei erstmals auf intelligente außerirdische Lebensformen treffen"

A reading list (thx polkarobot)

"Play imagines a not-too-distant future where video games have become indistinguishable from reality. These fully immersive games are nested inside each other like Russian dolls — each new game emerging from another and connecting backwards with increasing complexity. One moment, a player is a Japanese schoolgirl embroiled in a pillow fight with her girlfriends — and the next moment, the player has suddenly morphed into a scandalized state senator defending himself against a throng of angry reporters."
via fortschritt.blogsport.de

"It’s tempting to label this essay as “Third World Science Fiction” but why limit it to the third world? "