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Does anyone still try to predict the future of technology?

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cstanton over 4 years ago

Living in the UK I remember shows like 'Tomorrows World' where we'd see revolutionary new types of electronics and hardware...

 

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There've even been predictive books such as 'the science of science fiction' and other 'retro futurism' such as:

 

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I like to browse https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism from time to time to see what 'predictions' have came true, and see what was off the mark...

 

Have you seen anything like this now, predicting the future? Either in fiction or non fiction? Perhaps there's some TV show that I've not seen, or maybe a YouTube channel?

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  • dougw
    dougw over 4 years ago +3
    Ray Kurzweil claims 86% accuracy since 1990. Of 147 predictions for 2009, 115 have been correct and 12 within a couple of years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd17c5m4kdM&ab_channel=CInnovationGlobal…
  • Andrew J
    Andrew J over 4 years ago +2
    I have predicted to my father that within 30 years we won’t be allowed to drive on public roads but instead will have automated traffic only. The biggest issue with mixing the two being the unpredictable…
  • cstanton
    cstanton over 4 years ago in reply to Andrew J +2
    > So only those who can afford to run a car around a race track or private land will own one This may be something that's likely to be different from country to country, I can see the taxation/legislation…
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    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago

    Predicting 2000 on 28 September 1982:

     

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    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago

    Predicting 2000 on 28 September 1982:

     

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