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What examples of getting everything right do you know of?

• snozolli 2y ago
  Not GP, but Cryptonomicon stands out as predicting a lot about markets around cryptography, and the relationship between nations and technology. Stephenson didn't predict Blockchain and Bitcoin specifically, but he got closer than anyone I know of. More generally, the Gibson style of "independent hackers versus the corporate overlords" seems increasingly accurate.
• burningChrome 2y ago
  William Gibson - Neuromancer (1984) Writing in F&SF in 2005, Charles de Lint noted that while Gibson's technological extrapolations had proved imperfect (in particular, his acknowledged failure to anticipate the impact of the cell phone), "Imagining story, the inner workings of his characters' minds, and the world in which it all takes place are all more important."[18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Literary_and_cultural_significance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Literary_and_cultu...
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• narrator 2y ago
  Bruner's "Stand on Zanzibar"from the 60s and "The Shockwave Rider" from the 70s predicted a lot of social trends. Most millennials and younger won't be able to stand them though because of the different cultural norms of those eras embedded into the books