syfy here on earth and not in space

Has anyone noticed that the line between magic and technology is starting to blur? At the singularity summit, the speakers explained that magic and technology are becoming the same thing, and the the contemporary breakthroughs will most likely be visible here on earth before humans begin to venture into outer space.

I have noticed this trend in popular culture, with entertainment focusing a lot more on fantasies instead of science fiction being relegated to space, and things cosmic.

Dollhouse is a hot new show to which I'm already rather attached. Taking place post-singularity, most of the technology explored in the show deals with digital consciousness. Techno enthusiasts are able to upload and download human memories, thoughts, and emotions into computers with a subsequent cut and paste, only to make new personalities and hence consciousnesses each time. These newly made synthetic consciousnesses are imprinted into "dolls" humans who have had their entire brain "wiped clean" where they hover in a child like, half conscious half unconscious state of suspended animation until their services are required.

It's very interesting to see the media picking up on such fantastical yet real themes in entertainment. Just in going to the movies lately, and seeing the direction that science fiction is going, the biggest obvious difference is that these movies and tv shows are taking place on earth instead of outer space. Perhaps it's because so much about space is still unknown, that it became such a dominant theme since Star Trek's inception in the 60s. Yet, interestingly enough, now that so much is known, and what's not possible is all becoming possible in front of everyone's minds, science fiction on earth is not only science fact, but now it's just... drama.