Posted in UncategorizedThe Future of Futurism – Down with the techno-utopians! Up with the techno-realists! By Reihan Salamby beewax•July 1, 2006•0 “It’s easy to make futurists look silly. For every prediction that comes true (or that sort of comes true—Nostradamus predicted that someone named “Hister” would do something terrible one day), about 20,000 more do not. Just take a look at some of these forecasts from the 1970s: an economically vibrant Soviet Union will put America to shame, a new Ice Age will cause mass starvation, and a single eight-track cassette will hold all human knowledge. ..” beewax More by beewax
