Liberation Creation

“Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?” - Edgar Allan Poe excerpt from “A Dream Within A Dream”

While scientists may believe that we can use past data and the mathematical principle of Moore's law to discern an approximate view of the future, I am wary of their methods. From what I have seen in my studies and my own personal experiences, it is fiction, not fact, that has dictated the course of human existence. Imaginative innovators and literary geniuses, like H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick have more accurately predicted the future than most scientists of the 20^th Century. The future will only go as far as our imaginations will take us. In a sense, humans manifest their own destinies through the prioritization of the thoughts and actions that are most important to them at the time. This determines what progress is made in the decades to come. Literature has often inspired and motivated the great inventions of human history. Without the creative prowess to envision alternative solutions, the human race would not exist. We need only give merit to our most imaginative thoughts and aspirations to make dreams become reality. Jules Verne foresaw our journey to the moon, decades before the technology to do so even became possible. Robert Heinlein also anticipated the terraforming of Mars, a project that is becoming more and more likely thanks to the help of billionaire Elon Musk, who was influenced by such literature. Not only within the realm of science fiction, but also philosophical and socially-oriented authors have determined and affected the ideologies and literary themes that would alter human behavior and thought in the subsequent decades. Romantic poets would help to spur the Imperialism and national fervor that would lead to global war. Philosophers such as Nietzsche would write about an idealistic fallout that would occur years after his death. Logical behavior and rational thinking will only take humanity so far. If the human race were entirely rational, we would look only toward surviving the future, as opposed to enjoying the wonders that the future will hold.