Cyclical Trends in Science Fiction

I used to think all science fiction of a certain age suffered from not having the internet in it, but now I think we might get tired of it pretty soon, what with all the bots and the viruses and the fetish-dodging and so forth.

Addendum

Elementally speaking, the magic internet would probably be fire and air, and while you might think it's strife, it's definitely love.

Important Fantasy Worldbuilding Considerations

If we go with an arcane/divine distinction, and please remember that there isn't much reason to do so unless we're writing Dungeons and Dragons fanfiction, and if also we decide our fantasy setting can go ahead and have a magical internet, a defensible decision, I bet the clerics would have it, or if they both do, theirs would be better. Wizards would keep sending each other faxes.

Addendum

That's why you should name things with internet searches in mind. Instead of Guerdon, call your thingy Guerdon DYNAMITE, for example. You have to pay me if you use that example.

The History of Fables

Once upon a time, people made up fables. Later, Microsoft released a game called that, so we all agreed not to put anything on the internet which would complicate searches about getting the best weapons and which property to buy first. The end.

Making Your Science Fiction Less Sterile

Replace the hivemind with a jivemind. Now that your science fiction seems twee instead, it's ready for Tiktok.

Alien Motivations

"We've finally caught you, space alien! Those decades of coverups were worth it."
The FBI agents sneered at the small gray humanoid tied to the chair.
"How about it, space alien? What do you want? Why were you skulking around the launch site?"
The alien spoke. "We want to find out how you got to your moon. It's so cool. We just bounce around planets. And what's with that internet? How do you guys come up with this stuff? Maybe you have to have cats. We don't have those. Can I have a cat?"
The agents stared at one another.
Finis

The Biggest Obstacles to Space Colonies

The people who live there have to not care about the freshest internet memes, but everybody with the skills to make it work cares deeply.

Modern Etiquette

How long is it appropriate to wait before putting up the internet video about how the Borderlands movie was underappreciated in its day? I already have the script written.

Addendum

The internet sent it over. Never mind. There aren't problems in the world anymore.

Addendum

I would have gone with Three Nopes, but I think that usage of "nope" is already dead. And Three Copes doesn't make sense if you think about it, which I know we all prefer not to.

The Sociology of Space Colonization

On Mars, the internet
Is different.
They don't have pictures of cats.
They have pictures of Mars cats.