"As far as the future is concerned, any political or sociological
prediction is impossible. The only area where there is any
possibility of success is the technological future."
--Arthur C. Clarke
jm
On 13 May 2001, at 22:38, Spike Jones wrote:
> > Spike wrote:
> >
> > >Tech prognostication is optimistic always in the short
> > >term, laughably pessimistic always in the long term.
> >
> > Lee Corbin wrote: I think that Spike has nailed it :-)
>
> No, I stole it from Arthur C. Clarke, who nailed it while I
> I was still in diapers. {8-] See Profiles of the Future, 1962.
> ...
.
> I suspect I know what will happen next. spike
>
John Marlow
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