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In this chapter we propose engaging the premise that technology is the new opiate of the masses. Transhumanism as a movement has provided the science fiction (SF) genre with an internal scaffolding of fear, power, and paranoia in the blinding light of progress. There is a long list of films throughout media history, from the 1916 silent epic 20,000 Leagues under the Sea to the 2012 remake of Total Recall that serve as examples.
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Villaverde, L.E., Carter, R.A. (2013). Singularity, Cyborgs, Drones, Replicants and Avatars. In: Thomas, P.L. (eds) Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction. Critical Literacy Teaching Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-380-5_7
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