Recently, Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing posted a short essay on why Science Fiction is really a foil for the present. He went on to say that any attempt to write futurism is at best simply a mirror for the hopes of the future experienced by the present generation. Of course, he's right. At least in a manner of speaking he's right. We are all but mere mortals trapped in this society during this epoch; any action an individual undertakes is necessarily a reflection of that time and society. I think that this reflection is evident in the reams of dystopian science fiction and post apocalypse fiction. I in no way mean to disparage the importance of having writers who can look upon the present with a clarity of vision. It is important to have a clear understanding of the present if we are going to push in the future. However, I believe that futurism plays an important role in shaping our society and it should not be tossed away lightly.