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<i>Akira</i>: The Children Are the Future

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The Bright and Shining Cities of the Future

High-angle shot of the character Kaneda from the anime film Akira.

Akira: The Children Are the Future

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Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner: A Future More Human Than Human

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Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) and Natacha (Anna Karina) in a scene from Jean-Luc Goddard's Alphaville

Alphaville: Hard-Boiled Noir Meets New Wave Techno-Dystopia

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Rotwang the inventor with the Maschinenmensch in a scene from Fritz Lang's Metropolis

Metropolis: A Fever Dream of Mankind, Our Machines, and Maria

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"It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”

Frank Herbert, Dune

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