"“Star Trek: The Next Generation” has precious little to tell us about our present selves. Or, rather, it tells us who we are not, and who we might become someday. This is not the type of science fiction that we are accustomed to consuming, or that TV and film producers are accustomed to making."
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Manu Saadia, “The Enduring Lessons of “Star Trek””, The New Yorker, (September 8, 2016).
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