58 | Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity (opens in new tab)

Fiction shines a light on the human condition by putting people into imaginary situations and envisioning what might happen. Science fiction expands this technique by considering situations in the future, with advanced technology, or with utterly different social contexts. Seth MacFarlane's show The Orville is good old-fashioned space opera, but it's also a laboratory for exploring the intricacies of human behavior. There are interpersonal conflicts, sexual politics, alien perspectives, and g...