I like these types of essays, even if I largely disagree with them. Truth is, our imaginations are quiet limited, and always have been. Think of all ancient my

I like these types of essays, even if I largely disagree with them. Truth is, our imaginations are quiet limited, and always have been. Think of all ancient mythological creatures (half man, half goat, half man, half bird, etc) they're all pretty lame when compared to the wonders you see under a microscope. Reality is infinitely richer than our imagination, and the same applies to the future. It'll surprise us in ways we can't quite predict. The other thing is, the future almost by definition can never come. The moment it does, it becomes the present and gets taken for granted. We have video calls, cars that drive themselves on highways and fantastic voice recognition (on the latest Pixels for example), but these just become "obvious" and expected and the future moves on. Finally, why should we expect human nature to change? Some of the biggest social changes over the last few decades - LGBTQ rights and marijuana legalization - are just new spins on the same old thing people have always been up to: getting high and fucking. In the future, they'll figure out even more ways to get high and fuck. Are these new ways of living any different than a self-driving car is a new way of living?