> Did people who used typewriters imagine a world with iPhones? Did people flying planes imagine self landing rockets?
Yes, science fiction writers and readers have, since before any of us were born.
> Did people who used typewriters imagine a world with iPhones? Did people flying planes imagine self landing rockets?
Yes, science fiction writers and readers have, since before any of us were born.
I kindly can’t tell if you missed my point. As much as past writers and readers could imagine a version of our present, I also imagine that if they got transported here they would still be in awe of what they saw
I agree. I imagine that a writer who predicted modern technology would still be in awe to see smartphone videoconf halfway around the globe finally realized.
And also be surprised by some of the uses to which it's put. And horrified by some of the societal backsliding despite what should be utopian technology.