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Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley grow up

  • Written by Andrew Maynard, Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University
If you don't want to be facing down an angry dinosaur, pay attention to what happens on screen.Universal Pictures

If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff Goldblum’s exclamation, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether...

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