Eric Drexler wrote rather accurately about the importance of a global hypertext publishing network back in the mid-80s (following earlier less-measured but not

Eric Drexler wrote rather accurately about the importance of a global hypertext publishing network back in the mid-80s (following earlier less-measured but not crazy writings by Ted Nelson); he also projected that one could exist by the mid-90s. (He avoided timeframes when analyzing other technologies.) It's not so much that there are no good futurists as that "you can't tell people anything": http://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-anything/ http://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-an...