If there is one thing we should learn from history, it is that making far-reaching predictions about the future of technology can result in feeling very, very s

If there is one thing we should learn from history, it is that making far-reaching predictions about the future of technology can result in feeling very, very silly. I am reminded of that one IBM executive (I think) saying back in the day that no one would ever be interested in having their own computers at home. In a similar vein, keep in mind that TCP/IP was invented in the 60s but did not start getting widely used until the 70s.