Chuck Klosterman's book "But What If We're Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past" examines this phenomenon, and while its difficult to make p

Chuck Klosterman's book "But What If We're Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past" examines this phenomenon, and while its difficult to make predictions (that's one of the takeaways) it's a terrific lens to look at both the present and the past. (One of my favorite chapters is imagining 1000 years into the future, where rock and roll is basically only remembered for one artist, who might that be? And why it won't be Elvis or the Beatles.)