That’s sort of narrow sighted - Asimov, Clarke are even more a bygone era yet their fiction is still very relevant. It may be the technologies they pin the stor

That’s sort of narrow sighted - Asimov, Clarke are even more a bygone era yet their fiction is still very relevant. It may be the technologies they pin the story to are not the ones that are present in the future they foresaw but the premise still holds. Snow Crash is positing once the mechanical and geographic advantages flatten globally you’re left with services of some sort - media, logistics, software: FAANG. It doesn’t seem far from the mark. I wouldn’t be dismissive of the minds of the past. They’re in the context that leads to your present and have a unique perspective. The filter of history means the books that bubble up are from the most insightful and brilliant of their era, which means effectively the signal is clearly separated from the noise unlike the presents analysis of itself. If you want to understand what’s happening now read the science fiction of yesterday.