Monday, June 17, 2019

Prophetic Scifi (part 1)


One of the reasons I have always loved scifi is because it involves forward-thinking imagination, with predictions made based on current trends hinting at our possible future. Looking back, we can even see that a number of present-day inventions are inspired by scifi stories. We sometimes also see chilling predictions that have begun to come true, such as the removal of personal privacy through technology, as predicted in George Orwell's ”1984.” Sometimes predictions appear in lesser-known writings, but are so frighteningly accurate that it feels almost as if the writer was a prophet. A friend of mine recently shared a passage from a cyberpunk book written in 1995 called,"Neo-Tribes.” You can find it here on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Neo-Tribes-Nomads-America-Cyberpunk/dp/0937279722
Before you read this quote from the book, keep in mind, this was written 24 years ago...



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