It is amazing that one may find pleasure in reading a beautifully written piece though one is aware there was hard experience gained in learning material to compose it.
If thermodynamics is the containment paradigm for original sin, clashes are probably, inevitably endemic for the human condition. The challenge is to channel that energy into productive instead of destructive social products.
A lot of non-fiction technology and science is actually passing up much science fiction content these days so writing about synthetic recombinations and content of ongoing science and tech news may be better than writing science fiction.