The future is the past

Amazing Stories Annual 1927, Frank R. Paul Public Domain

I wanted to take the time to share two articles I read recently:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/incredible-health-gadgets-are-straight-out-of-scifi-movies/story-fn5fsgyc-1226818418223
http://www.fortech.ro/scifi-movies-turned-real-10-emerging-technologies/

Both articles were found after I read an article about the future of the internet. I’ve been a lifelong fan of science fiction movies, books, and pulps and much of the reading reminded me of these things. A dystopian future was the first thing that popped into my mind and on page 3 of Digital Life in 2025 touched on that very topic.

My views may be biased, though, as I’ve spent years watching movies and reading the likes of Asimov, Clark, Bradbury and P.K. Dick. I’ve often felt that many of the technology geniuses of today grew up reading the same stories that I did. I have no doubt that the inventor of the first flip phone was a Star Trek fan and was creating his own communicator. Along that line of reasoning many of these very themes have appeared in sci-fi stories and many are mentioned in the articles I linked above.

The future is not here or now it is in the past and the brilliant writers of the 30's-60's who were scoffed for writing pulp novels have proven to be the visionaries who saw the future in what so many felt was just low grade entertainment.