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>I think Star Trek was right with its outlandish prediction from 1988 Ah, classic TNG. S1E25 "The Neutral Zone". [0] Other near-term predictions from 90s Star
by revolvingocelot 5y ago
>I think Star Trek was right with its outlandish prediction from 1988
Ah, classic TNG. S1E25 "The Neutral Zone". [0]
Other near-term predictions from 90s Star Trek include terrorism-powered Irish reunification in 2024 [1] (how's Brexit coming along, again?), as well as a DS9 time-travel episode set in the same year that's not exactly about UBI and censorship and othering the poor, but those words might be the best way to describe the fake-issues of that episode's San Francisco [2].
And, uh, the periodic nuclear exchanges of World War III, starting in 2026 and continuing for a few decades, with a death toll of at least six hundred million.
[0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Neutral_Zone_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Neutral_Zone_(episo...
[1] a throwaway reference in https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hunted_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hunted_(episode)
[2] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Past_Tense,_Part_I_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Past_Tense,_Part_I_(epi...
- iso1210 5y agoIrish reunification in 2024 certainly plausible. Slightly plausible that in years to come brexit will be deemed to be an act of terrorism too. It was "The High Ground", not "The Hunted" though -- and due to that line the episode wasn't shown for years in the UK (this was during the time UK cities were being regularly blown up by terrorists)
- revolvingocelot 5y agoAah good call. Wrong terrorism episode, alas. I can't believe I've done this, Memory Alpha was right there.