Re: tech miracles of the year 2000 as seen from 1950

From: John Marlow (johnmarlow@gmx.net)
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 00:35:53 MDT


"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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