"In my view, the best way science fiction does this today is by telling us a story that tricks us into divorcing ourselves from our preconceptions and emotional biases. Since we don't have any 'skin in the game' so to speak, we evaluate the story without prejudice. As a result, we'll draw an impartial conclusion about the story, only to later realize that the story is analogous to something that's happening in the real world. This can force to realize that our conclusion about the real-world situation is biased and reevaluate it."
David Kyle Johnson at Psychology Today writes that science fiction has "become a lot more relevant in the age of Trump."
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