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https://www.clarku.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Betsy-Huang-ClarkFest.jpg20001125Humanity and the humanities face disruption from seemingly unmitigable forces such as climate change and artificial intelligence. For English Professor Betsy Huang, contemporary speculative fiction offers pragmatic visions of hope and eye-opening messages of caution.