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Future Scenarios that Don't Look Like SciFi Are Wrong

Science fiction is the go-to genre when you're looking for a glimpse of the future. Joel Achenbach makes a persuasive case in the Sunday Washington Post that the best way to stay in front of the dizzying pace of technological progress is to keep up on your Star Trek and take what Arthur C. Clarke wrote to heart. He also quotes Foresight Nanotech Institute President Christine Peterson, who says, "If you look out into the long-term future and what you see looks like science fiction, it might be wrong. But if it doesn't look like science fiction, it's definitely wrong." More »

9:29 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Michael Reilly
3,051 views, 28 comments

Latest by Ubik2501: Even the "soft" SF writers get a lot of things right. For instance, Philip K. Dick predicted that an absurdly high proportion of the internet would be used for porn and cybersex in _Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said_, and more »