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Predicting the future isn't what science fiction is about. So, because I'm chicken, I'm going to ignore current events and instead take this opportunity to remind you that I can't predict the future. Back when I agreed to give this talk, I had no idea we'd be facing a general election campaign - much less that the outcome would already be known, with consequences that pretty comprehensively upset any predictions I was making back in September. One of the besetting problems of near-future science fiction is that life comes at you really fast these days. More specifically, I'm a science fiction writer, mostly focusing on the intersection between the human condition and our technological and scientific environment: less Star Wars, more about bank heists inside massively multiplayer computer games, or the happy fun prospects for 3D printer malware. That is, I write fiction-deliberate non-truths designed to inform, amuse, and examine the human condition. I'm Charlie Stross, and I tell lies for money.

NB: Some typos exist I'll fix them tonight.) ( This is the text of a keynote talk I just delivered at the IT Futures conference held by the University of Edinburgh Informatics centre today.

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