Ten things we missed out on future-wise...

[dewline]

...and I thank davidbrin for pointing it out to me:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/12/top-10-things-sci-fi-promised-us-that-didnt-happen-in-2010/

I'm glad to have avoided items # 1, 5 and 8 - so far - but as for the rest? I'd like to see some of those predictions come true before I die!

Comments

[orleans.livejournal.com]

We could and should be doing so much more on #10. But it's talk, talk, talk and then no will and no action. I guess there's just too much money to be made doing things the way we are doing them now. :/

Great article, though. Thanks!

[dewline.livejournal.com]

There are certainly people seeing fortunes to be made in breaking the dominance of the current ways of doing things...and seeking to make those fortunes.