Instead of using a computer to "model" a future world society, science fiction writers have used their human imaginations.

科幻小说作家并不依靠电脑来“模拟”一个未来世界，而是凭借人类的想象力。

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It will build the foundations for an even stronger future-a stronger economy, a fairer society and a nation no longer separated by its physical distance from other parts of the world.

它会夯实美好未来的基础——更繁荣的经济，更公平的社会和一个不再因为地理偏远而与世界分离的国家。

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An organization called the World Future Society publishes a yearly report about how technology, the economy and society are influencing the world.

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There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future.

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Back to my 1982 essay: predictions about future society populated by personal robots have been around nearly a century, yet much of our world has not changed that dramatically.

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