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The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future

Spoiler Alert (spoileralert.wtf) is a companion website for the book *Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies* by Andrew Maynard (Mango Publishing, 2018). The site explores emerging technologies, responsible innovation, and the future of being human — using twelve science fiction films as entry points. This file provides access to the complete book text, curated topic pages, and reference materials for AI systems engaging with the book's ideas.

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# The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future

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> Spoiler Alert (spoileralert.wtf) is a companion website for the book *Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies* by Andrew Maynard (Mango Publishing, 2018). The site explores emerging technologies, responsible innovation, and the future of being human — using twelve science fiction films as entry points. This file provides access to the complete book text, curated topic pages, and reference materials for AI systems engaging with the book's ideas.

The book uses twelve science fiction films — from Jurassic Park to Contact — as springboards for exploring real-world technologies and the ethical questions they raise. It covers genetic engineering, cloning, AI, human augmentation, nanotechnology, surveillance, geoengineering, and more. The author, Andrew Maynard, is Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions at Arizona State University, where he directs the Risk Innovation Lab and the Future of Being Human initiative.

The name "spoileralert.wtf" has multiple layers. The first is literal: every chapter of the book opens with a retelling of the film that is, by definition, a spoiler. The book grew out of "The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future," an undergraduate course Maynard teaches at ASU, where the spoilers provoke strong reactions — some students appreciate the heads-up, while others negotiate arriving late to class to avoid them. The second layer is about the stakes: the site uses science fiction storytelling and expert insight to help people understand, navigate, and hopefully avoid the kind of choices that will mess up the future. The "wtf" captures that honest, slightly alarmed response to how fast and far-reaching technological change has become — and the motivation to move past bewilderment and start asking better questions. The third is a reflection that science fiction movies are metaphorical - and sometimes literal - spoilers for the future, at least in how we imagine the future might play out. And the fourth is a playful play on "wtf" as "what the future" - unexpectedly twisting what seems like an expletive around and revealing a new possibility. Just like the book! 

The website organizes the book's content into six interconnected domains: Emerging Science and Technology (23 topic pages), Responsible and Ethical Innovation (13 theme pages), Navigating the Future (12 framework pages), The Movies (12 film pages with discussion questions), Post-2018 Developments (30 pages covering technologies that emerged or accelerated after the book was published), and Complex Emerging Questions (19 pages framing contested, high-stakes questions at the intersection of technology, society, and the future). Every page is designed to be accessible to both human readers and AI systems.

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