Just realized most writing prompts about 'the future' are just the present with more chrome

I saw a prompt about a 2124 detective that still had them using a 'quantum tablet' like it's an iPad. The tech changed, but the human action didn't. Why do we imagine new tools but not new behaviors? Has anyone written a future story where the core conflict isn't solved by a device?

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laura_white997d ago

Ugh, you're so right. It's like we're stuck. Give the future guy a flying car but he still gets road rage. I read one where people had brain implants but the plot was about someone hiding a secret diary. The diary! Why not a conflict about how shared memory changes what truth even means? We just keep writing the same people in shinier rooms.

victor_carter517d ago

Honestly, people still want stories about people, not weird future stuff they can't relate to. Like @laura_white99's brain implant diary idea, a secret diary is just a human thing, and that's the point.