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Sci-Fi Writers of the Past Predict Life In 2012

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-the-future dept.

cylonlover writes "As part of the L, Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future award in 1987, a group of science fiction luminaries put together a text 'time capsule' of their predictions about life in the far off year of 2012. Including such names as Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, Algis Budrys and Frederik Pohl, it gives us an interesting glimpse into how those living in the age before smartphones, tablets, Wi-Fi and on-demand streaming episodes of Community thought the future might turn out."

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  1. Pr0n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They all missed that scientists would build a worldwide, high speed network for the reliable transmission of pornography to all corners of the planet, from Communist China, to the Soviet Union to the Arab world.

    1. Re:Pr0n by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They also missed out on predicting that a dangerous, violent cult would attack that network and its users in court when people dared to tell the truth about that cult. Then again, the contest is sponsored by a subsidiary of that same cult, so I guess we should not be surprised...

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  2. Re:My prediction by crazyjj · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I predict more of the same. I also predict that people 25 years from now will still be making inaccurate predictions.

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