Futurology by its very definition is a bit of a hit-and-miss art. Back in 1914, HG Wells’ fantasia The World Set Free, predicting the existence of the atomic bomb, probably felt like scaremongering. And Arthur C Clarke’s 1945 proposal for the satellite certainly wasn’t taken seriously at the time.
But Google’s recent appointment of futurist Ray Kurzweil – best known for his theories about the moment technology will outsmart humans on its own – as director of engineering is evidence of how seriously these ‘strategic thinkers’ can be taken.
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