Ruth Ellen Miller&#x27;s dissertation, <i>Enhancing impact assessment with extrapolative fiction</i>[1], explored the use of science fiction for projecting technology scenarios. For instance, she found SF stories that described the kind of social&#x2F;class disconnects that contributed to the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown.<p>Disclaimer: she&#x27;s a friend and former instructor of mine.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu&#x2F;open_access_etds&#x2F;816&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu&#x2F;open_access_etds&#x2F;816&#x2F;</a>