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  • That is exactly what a “social issue” is. Bigotry, racism, sexism, all “social issues”. They’re not political issues, or economic issues or environmental issues. No, they’re social issues. Issues where people with differing social values cannot come to an immediate agreement. A social issues.

    Moderating these issues are a notorious problem for all social media platforms. It’s been a topic of debate,even political debate for years now. Mostly about racism and cyber bullying, but lgbtq+ discrimination can go here as well.








  • There’s plenty of star trek episodes that are more about philosophical and societal questions than tech.

    The bicentennial man by Isaac Asimov comes to mind. Which is about a robot, but in essence it’s about the philosophical question what it means to be human.

    There’s Ubik by Philip K Dick, which is about about tech, when you get down to it, but in a very unique and un-tech like way.

    Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys is not about tech, but the chronicles of a brain surgery patient that became extremely smart.

    Hyperion by Dan Simmons is basically just “The Canterbury Tales” in space.

    There’s plenty more stories that are not really about tech. You could try searching for dystopia themes, like “Maze runner” or “the hunger games” or “I am legend” or “wayward pines”