Charlie Stross (scifi author and hn user @cstross) have made some good speeches about predicting the future and what errors futurist typically make. One of them

Charlie Stross (scifi author and hn user @cstross) have made some good speeches about predicting the future and what errors futurist typically make. One of them is available in text form here: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/05/shaping-the-future.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/05/shaping-...