Sure, if someone’s critique is “these detailed stories do not help” then that’s quite different, but I think most people agree that how the immediate future goes is very important, most people are speaking in vagueries and generalities, attempting to write detailed stories showing your best guess for how the future could go is heavily undersupplied, and that this work is helpful for having concrete things to debate (even if all the details will be wrong).
Sure, if someone’s critique is “these detailed stories do not help” then that’s quite different, but I think most people agree that how the immediate future goes is very important, most people are speaking in vagueries and generalities, attempting to write detailed stories showing your best guess for how the future could go is heavily undersupplied, and that this work is helpful for having concrete things to debate (even if all the details will be wrong).