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Re:Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot (2015) by dleslie on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:02PM (#18213520)
> I'd rather see the opposite - hard generic tech on the outside, commandeered by a creamy, cultural inside.

This sounds a bit like the tech/culture mix of the predator species of the series of the same name. Particularly in Predator 2, with the crashed tech ship and its ceremonial displays internally.

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Re:Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot (2015) by jacobush on Monday October 15, 2018 @02:51AM (#18217877)
Maybe - it's hard to tell. From our human perspective, certainly yes.

But for all we know, the Predators may have developed their tech themselves and the ship just represents a linear normal progression of their tech. In that case, this is not what I'm after.

If on the other hand, the Predators initially acquired their tech from some other culture (like IIRC the Klingons did theirs) this might be exactly what I'm after.

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