Isaac Asimov’s 1964 Predictions About 2014 Are Frighteningly Accurate.

[elleng]

In 1964, famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov ventured a guess at what you might find if you set foot inside the 2014 World’s Fair. Using his gift for envisioning future technology, Asimov’s predictions from 50 years out are both stunningly accurate and perhaps a little bit depressing. Here’s a look at what he got right.

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[zbdent]

1. no World's Fair?

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

2. Seems like a stretch on a couple of those.

Escalators don't seem to fit his description of moving sidewalks, and he may be a bit off in his predictions about work and leisure in 2014. Otherwise, it's pretty impressive.

I'm pleased to read futurist predictions that aren't too tremendously wrong. Robert Anton Wilson got excited about a future full of Marilyn Monroe sex robots (sounds kind of scary, glad we don't have that), and Michio Kaku thinks the sky is the limit, given adequate energy resources. There was an article the other day describing how a Doctor Who Tardis could be a real thing in the future, really and for-truly. A lot of futurist stuff sounds... kinda whackadoodle-y. Maybe Asimov seemed like a loon in 1964, too.