Blade Runner depicts a dark, twisted Los Angeles that's been savaged by rain and runaway industry. The year? 2019.

Like a lot of good science and dystopian fiction, Blade Runner serves up a stark warning about our future. But can these well-told tales scare us away from embracing technology?

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Check out this excellent article from Nautilus about Sci-Fi's cultural blindspot: http://nautil.us/issue/65/in-plain-sight/why-futurism-has-a-cultural-blindspot-rp