So if you're good enough at futurology, you can make it a little bit of a self fulfilling prophecy. |
Bluntly stated, the historical record of tolerably accurate strategic futurology is anything but impressive. |
Bruce Sterling spent some time at the recent SXSW conference chatting about futurology in his usual entertaining style. |
But, as Margolis points out, futurology isn't so much about sketching an inevitable tomorrow as it is about helping to make choices about it. |
While the futurology may be contentious, I believe there are considerable merits in the cautionary approach outlined in this book. |
Most technological futurology see agents as benign, as obedient slaves who only have our best interests at heart. |