Bradburyian Musings: Viewpoints/Opinions

Autumn Raulerson reporter2@greenepublishing.com “We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes thinking.” (Ray Bradbury). When Ray Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451 in 1953, the idea of giant, interactive televisions covering entire walls, thimble-sized radios that fit in your ears to stream media, and robotic “beasts” capable of enforcing laws lethally were all nonsensical science fiction. Today, his once-wild notions about the future of technology and its effects on the worl