The Future as Foretold by the Past August 15, 2015 8:00pm by Barry Ritholtz Click for a ginormous graphic. Source: Brain Pickings h/t Know More Spread the wealth. twitter facebook linkedin What's been said: Discussions found on the web: Moopheus commented on Aug 16 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is set in 1992, not 2021. faulkner commented on Aug 16 Great, and missing the grand-daddy of them all (and most popular and influential), Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1888). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward intlacct commented on Aug 17 yes I wondered about the absence of that one (shows my age). there is another good book – ecotopia (NorCal, OR and WA break off from the rest of the US and go super green) left out. I like the idea of tracking the predictions and identifying the accurate and inaccurate ones. tamarbucks commented on Aug 16 Things don’t seem to really pick up until 2551… in the long-run everything is awesome. Yay. Posted Under Data Analysis Digital Media Film Weekend Previous Post Shifting Demographics Could Change Elections In Key States Next Post 10 Sunday Reads
faulkner commented on Aug 16 Great, and missing the grand-daddy of them all (and most popular and influential), Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1888). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward
intlacct commented on Aug 17 yes I wondered about the absence of that one (shows my age). there is another good book – ecotopia (NorCal, OR and WA break off from the rest of the US and go super green) left out. I like the idea of tracking the predictions and identifying the accurate and inaccurate ones.
tamarbucks commented on Aug 16 Things don’t seem to really pick up until 2551… in the long-run everything is awesome. Yay.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is set in 1992, not 2021.
Great, and missing the grand-daddy of them all (and most popular and influential), Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1888). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward
yes I wondered about the absence of that one (shows my age).
there is another good book – ecotopia (NorCal, OR and WA break off from the rest of the US and go super green) left out.
I like the idea of tracking the predictions and identifying the accurate and inaccurate ones.
Things don’t seem to really pick up until 2551… in the long-run everything is awesome. Yay.