Roddenberry to his credit didn't live entirely in his head, which is often the case with science-fiction obsessives. His experiences as a pilot and a cop clearly helped to round out his understanding of the world.
Also I don't see Roddenberry's sex life as a manifestation of "vice," considering that sexual freedom is part of the standard-issue secular humanism Roddenberry embraced. I've read that Roddenberry tried to use his Trek stories to promote liberal sexual attitudes, but that his employers in Hollywood overruled him, despite the conservative stereotype that Hollywood romanticizes "degeneracy."
Roddenberry to his credit didn't live entirely in his head, which is often the case with science-fiction obsessives. His experiences as a pilot and a cop clearly helped to round out his understanding of the world.
Good to read about "The Defiant Optimism of Gene Roddenberry"
The world needs that sort of optimism today!
Thank you!
Also I don't see Roddenberry's sex life as a manifestation of "vice," considering that sexual freedom is part of the standard-issue secular humanism Roddenberry embraced. I've read that Roddenberry tried to use his Trek stories to promote liberal sexual attitudes, but that his employers in Hollywood overruled him, despite the conservative stereotype that Hollywood romanticizes "degeneracy."