Future Tech
After my last musings on historical tech, I had to acknowledge future tech as well. I see these little, random things on the internet and, with my face scrunched up in amazement, say, "Wow, I hope that's real!" Evidently, some freaks get a kick out of making "slop" AI things and making up cool tech ideas. Sometimes I hope that the real scientists see them and make them come true. After getting my hopes up, I do a little digging to see if it's true. If not, I may still use it if it's an amazing idea. Who's to say that it won't be happening for real in ten years? Oh, and I write fiction, so pretty much anything can be a plot point. One of the core tenets of my Gus and Greta series is that they want to see the world before humanity ruins things. And conveniently, real life has given me plenty of climate-related plot ideas. For example, the water level in Lake Mead in Nevada was super low, revealing barrels stuffed with bodies. Then it's just a ...
