10,000 years after Dune Prophecy, technology has not evolved in this SF universe and that is not an error!

News culture 10,000 years after Dune Prophecy, technology has not evolved in this SF universe and that is not an error!

The end of evolution

Dune: Prophecy is a prequel series to Frank Herbert's books set exactly 10,148 years before the birth of Paul Atreides. The HBO series offers a unique look at the universe of Dune and allows us to understand the origins of the wars depicted in the books and films of Denis Villeneuve, but also to discover the genesis of the Bene Gesserit, this organization which works in the shadows and exerts a major influence on politics and religion.

Set ten thousand years ago, the series depicts a world that is strangely similar to that of the books and films. In a future where technology plays a preponderant role, it is logical to question the lack of evolution of this same technology, which has remained almost the same in ten millennia. Questioned on the subject by TV Lineproducer Jordan Goldberg responded partially. If he explains that he cannot answer the question directly, he nevertheless specifies that the absence of evolution is certainly due to a form of achievement of technology, which has a utility beyond war.

What we show of our universe is how it (technology) works beyond body shields. Our flying cars are Holtzman technology. You'll meet a character in episode 3, and he's in a Holtzman wheelchair, it's levitating. We show the usefulness of this technology.

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Humanity versus machines

Unlike many science fiction worlds, Dune features very little technology, at least based on a common fantasy that sees the future of humanity governed largely by machines. Dune is also opposed to this concept whereas in Frank Herbert's mythology, humanity confronted computers during the Great Revolt and ended up banning “machines that think”, events recounted in the novel The War of the Machines by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson published in 2002. And this is probably the main reason behind this lack of innovation, or at least the most plausible explanation.