class=kaiti1Ladiesalemen,
class=kaitiGoodevening!
class=kaitiItsmygreathonortoreceivetheClarkeAwardforImaginationinServicetoSociety.Thankyou.
class=kaitiThisawardisarewardforimagination,acaabilitythatshouldhavebeenexclusivetoGodbutwe,ashumanbeings,luckilyhave.Andthemeaningoftheexistenaginationisfarbeyondourimagination.Ahistoriaosaythatthemainreasonwhyhumanbeingshavebeenabletosurassotherseciesohandbuildcivilizationsisthatweareabletocreatesomethinginourheadsthatdoesiy.Iure,whenartificialintelligencebeessmarterthanus,imaginationmaybetheonlyadvantagewehaveoverAI.
class=kaitiScefiisaliterarygenrebasedonimagination.Andthefirstsci-fiworkstheimressedmewerethosebyArthurC.Clarke.TogetherwithJulesVerneandGeeWells,ArthurClarkewasamongthefirstWesternmodernsci-fiwriterstoentera.Intheearly1980s,thetwonovels2001:ASaceOdysseyandRendezvousWithRamawereublishedinmytry.Atthattime,theCulturalRevolutionjustcametoanend.Whiletheoldlifeandfaithhadcollased,thenewoneshadnotyetbeeablished.Likeotheryoungeole,Ifeltlostduringthateriod.Thesetwobooks,forthefirsttime,however,broughtmyimaginationtolife.Mymindoenedulikeneverbefore.Ifeltlikeanarrowstreamfinallyembragthesea.AtmidnightwhenIfinishedreading2001:ASaceOdyssey,Iwalkedoutofthehouseandstaredatthestarrysky.Iwasabletoseethegalaxy,thankstotheunollutedskyofabackthen.Thatnight,inmyeyes,thestarryskylookednothinglikebefore.Forthefirsttimeinmylife,Iwasawedbythemagnitudeandmysteryofouruniverse.Thatfeelingwasreligious.Lateron,RendezvousWithRamastunnedmebyshowinghowimaginationcouldbuildalifelike,fantasticworld.ItwasArthurClarkewhhtmesuchfeelings,andthatbroughtmehereasasci-fiwriter.
class=kaitiToday,morethan30yearslater,itgraduallydawnsohateolelikeme,whowereborninthe1960sina,arerobablytheluckiesteoleinhumanhistory.Nogeionislikeus,nogeionhasbeenabletowitnesssuchtremendousgesintheworldaroundus.Theworldwearelivingintodayisletelydifferentfromthatofourchildhood.Andsuchgesaretakinglacewitheveerseed.aisahighlyfuturistictry.Itistruethatthefutureofamaybefullofchallengesandrisks,butneverhasthistrybeensoattractiveliketoday.Thisrealityrovidesfertilesoilforthegrowthofscefi,whichisenjoyinguedattentioninthetry.Asasci-fiauthorwhowasborninthe1960sina,Imtheluckiestfromtheluckiestgeion.
class=kaitiIstartedwritingsci-fibecauseIdecidedtoescaethedulllife,andtoreachout,withimagination,tothemysterioustimeandsacethatIcouldrulyreach.ButthenIrealizedthattheworldaroundmebecamemoreandmorelikescefi,andthisrocessisseedingu.Futureislikearain.Itfallsrightonusevenbeforewehavetimetooenanumbrella.Meanwhile,whensci-fibeesreality,itwontbehailedasmagicalanymore,andthatfrustratesme.Sci-fiwillsoonbeeartofourlives.TheonlythingIdo,istoushmyimaginationfurthertoevenmoredistanttimeandsacetohuntforthemysteriesofsci-fi.Asasci-fiauthor,Ithinkmyjobistowritethingsdownbeforetheygetreallyb.
class=kaitiThisbeingsaid,theworldismovinginthedireoositetoClarkesredis.In2001:ASaceOdyssey,intheyearof2001,whichhasalreadyassed,humanbeingshavebuiltmagnifitcitiesinsace,aablishedermaiesonthemoon,andhugenuclear-oweredsacecrafthavesailedtoSaturn.However,today,in2018,thewalkonthemoonhasbeeadistantmemory.Andthefarthestreachofourmannedsaceflightsisjustaslongasthetwo-hourmileageofahigh-seedtrainassingthroughmycity.Atthesametime,informationteologyisdeveloingatanunimaginableseed.TheentireworldisectedviatheIandeolehavegraduallylosttheiriinsace,astheyfindthemselvesincreasinglyfortableinthesacecreatedbyIT.Insteadofanexlorationoftherealsace,whichisfullofrealdifficulties,eolenowjustrefertoexeriengvirtualsacethroughVR.Justlikesomeonesaid,
"YouromisedmeMarsies,instead,IgotFacebook.
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class=kaitiThisrealityisalsoreflectedinscefi.ArthurClarkesmagnifitimaginationaboutsacehasgraduallyfadedaeolehavetakenbacktheireyesfromthestars.Inthesci-fiworkstoday,therearemoreimaginationabouthowweliveincyberutoiaordystoia.Writersfocusmoreonvariousroblemsweenteriy.TheimaginationofscefiisabandoningthevastnessandrofouhatArthurClarkeonceoenedu,insteadeolearenowembragthenarrownessandintroversionofcyberunk.
class=kaitiAsasci-fiwriter,IhavebeenstrivingtotihurClarkesimagination.Ibelievethattheboundlesssaceisstillthebestdireainationforhumanimagination.Ihavealwaysbeenortrayingthemagnitudeandmysteriesoftheuniverse,iellarexeditions,andthelivesandcivilizationshaeningindistantworlds,eveniffortodayssci-fiwriters,thismayseemchildishorevenoutdated.ItsaysonArthurClarkeseitah,
"Henevergrewu,butheoedgrowing.
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class=kaitiManyeolemisuandsci-fiastryingtoredictthefuture,butthisisnottrue.Itjustmakesalistofossibilitiesofwhatmayhaeniure,likedislayingaileofcobblestonesofimaginationforeoletoseeandlaywith.Scefievertellwhichossiblefuturewillactuallybeetherealfuture.Thisisnotitsjob.Itsalsobeyonditscaabilities.
class=kaitiButohingiscertain:inthelongrun,forallthesetlessossiblefutures,anyfuturewithoutsacetravelisgloomy,nomatterhowroserousourownlabees.
class=kaitiIlookforwardtothedaywhen,likethesci-fiworkswritingabouttheageofinformation,thoseaboutsacetravelfinallybeetheordinary.Bythen,Marsandtheasteroidbeltswillbeblacesandtlesseolearebuildingahomeoverthere.Juiteranditsmanysatelliteswillbetouristattras.Theonlyobstaclereventingeolefromgoingtherefood,willbethehighrice.
class=kaitiButevenatthattime,theuniverseisstillsomethingsobigthatevenourwildestimaginationfailstocatchitsedge.Andeventhecloseststarremainsoutofourreach.Thevastoofstarsalwayscarryourinfiniteimagination.
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