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1 {{Infobox website
2 | name = Hieroglyph
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6 | url = [http://hieroglyph.asu.edu/ hieroglyph.asu.edu]
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10 | language = [[English language|English]]
11 | registration =
12 | owner = [[Arizona State University]]
13 | author = [[Neal Stephenson]], Founder; Ed Finn, Editor; [[Kathryn Cramer]], Editor
14 | launch_date = 2012
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18 '''Project Hieroglyph''' is an initiative to create [[science fiction]] that will spur innovation in science and technology founded by [[Neal Stephenson]] in 2011.<ref name="smag_201204_pessimistic" />
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20 Stephenson framed the ideas behind Hieroglyph in a World Policy Institute article entitled "Innovation Starvation" <ref name="wpi_20110927_stephenson" /> where he attempts to rally writers to infuse science fiction with [[optimism]] that could inspire a new generation to, as he puts it, “get big stuff done.”
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22 Stephenson says that "a good SF universe has a coherence and internal logic that makes sense to scientists and engineers. Examples include [[Isaac Asimov]]'s robots, [[Robert Heinlein]]'s rocket ships, and [[William Gibson]]'s [[cyberspace]]. Such icons serve as hieroglyphs—simple, recognizable symbols on whose significance everyone agrees."<ref name="asu_2012_hieroglyphhomepage" />
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24 Stephenson partnered with [[Arizona State University]]'s Center for Science and the Imagination<ref name="asu_2019_csihomepage" /> which now administers the project.
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26 In September 2014, the project's first book, Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn and [[Kathryn Cramer]] was published by [[William Morrow (publisher)|William Morrow]].<ref name="hieroglyph_2015_thebook" /> Contributors to the book include Neal Stephenson, [[Bruce Sterling]], [[Madeline Ashby]], [[Gregory Benford]], [[Rudy Rucker]], [[Vandana Singh]], [[Cory Doctorow]], [[Elizabeth Bear]], [[Karl Schroeder]], [[James Cambias]], [[Brenda Cooper]], [[Charlie Jane Anders]], [[Kathleen Ann Goonan]], [[Lee Konstantinou]], [[Annalee Newitz]], [[Geoffrey Landis]], [[David Brin]], [[Lawrence Krauss]], and [[Paul Davies]].
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28 ==See also==
29 *[[Collaborative innovation network]]
30 *[[Exploratory engineering]]
31 *[[Fictional technology]]
32 *[[Invention]]
33 *[[Macro-engineering]]
34 *[[Megaproject]]
35 *[[Megascale engineering]]
36 *[[The Mongoliad]]
37 *[[Retrofuturism]]
38 *[[Techno-progressivism]]
39 *[[Technological utopianism]]
40
41 ==References==
42 {{reflist|refs=
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44 <ref name="smag_201204_pessimistic">{{cite web
45 | last = Newitz
46 | first = Annalee
47 | url = http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Dear-Science-Fiction-Writers-Stop-Being-So-Pessimistic.html
48 | title = Dear Science Fiction Writers: Stop Being So Pessimistic!
49 | publisher = Smithsonianmag.com
50 | date = April 2012
51 | access-date = 2012-04-14
52 }}</ref>
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54 <ref name="wpi_20110927_stephenson">{{cite web
55 | last = Stephenson
56 | first = Neal
57 | url = http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2011/innovation-starvation
58 | title = Innovation Starvation
59 | publisher = Worldpolicy.org
60 | date = 2011-09-27
61 | access-date = 2012-04-14
62 }}</ref>
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64 <ref name="asu_2012_hieroglyphhomepage">{{cite web
65 | author = <!-- by ASU -->
66 | url = http://hieroglyph.asu.edu/
67 | title = Hieroglyph
68 | publisher = Hieroglyph.asu.edu
69 | date =
70 | access-date = 2012-04-14
71 }}</ref>
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73 <ref name="asu_2019_csihomepage">{{cite web
74 | author = <!-- by ASU -->
75 | url = http://csi.asu.edu/
76 | title = Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University
77 | access-date = 2019-02-13
78 }}</ref>
79
80 <ref name="hieroglyph_2015_thebook">{{cite book
81 | title = Hieroglyph : Stories and Visions for a Better Future
82 | editor-last1 = Finn
83 | editor-first1 = Ed
84 | editor-last2 = Cramer
85 | editor-first2 = Kathryn
86 | last1 = Stephenson
87 | first1 = Neal
88 | last2 = Goonan
89 | first2 = Kathleen Anne
90 | last3 = Ashby
91 | first3 = Madline
92 | last4 = Doctorow
93 | first4 = Cory
94 | last5 = Lee
95 | first5 = Konstantinou
96 | last6 = Schroeder
97 | first6 = Karl
98 | last7 = Newitz
99 | first7 = Annalee
100 | last8 = Landis
101 | first8 = Geoffrey
102 | last9 = Cambias
103 | first9 = James L.
104 | last10 = Benford
105 | first10 = Gregory
106 | last11 = Vandana
107 | first11 = Singh
108 | last12 = Cooper
109 | first12 = Brenda
110 | last13 = Bear
111 | first13 = Elizabeth
112 | last14 = Rucker
113 | first14 = Rudy
114 | last15 = Brin
115 | first15 = David
116 | last16 = Anders
117 | first16 = Charlie Jane
118 | last17 = Sterling
119 | first17 = Bruce
120 | date = 2015
121 | publisher = [[William Morrow (publisher)|William Morrow]]
122 | location = New York
123 | oclc = 904576842
124 | isbn = 9780062204714
125 }}</ref>
126
127
128 }}
129
130 ==Further reading==
131 *[http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Innovation-stagnation-is-slowing-U-S-progress-2208324.php Innovation stagnation is slowing U.S. progress] by [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]], ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', October 7, 2011.
132 *[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28974943 Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society's dystopian future] by Debbie Siegelbaum, [[BBC News]], Washington, September 3, 2014.
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134 [[Category:Adventure fiction]]
135 [[Category:Arizona State University]]
136 [[Category:Electronic literature]]
137 [[Category:Emerging technologies]]
138 [[Category:Futures studies]]
139 [[Category:Technology forecasting]]
140 [[Category:Technology in society]]
141 [[Category:Science fiction literature]]
142 [[Category:Technology development]]
143 [[Category:American science websites]]