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Letter: The ultimate way to simulate future threats

Published 19 February 2025

From Steph Győry, Sydney, Australia

Our ability to imagine possible futures probably evolved in large part to simulate threats. In The Time Machine, H.G. Wells didn’t so much predict a dystopian future as highlight a path to help avoid it. As for tech barons who see stark, dichotomous futures, it is useful to remember that we live in a fractal universe where things are rarely black or white (11 January, p 22).

Issue no. 3531 published 22 February 2025

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