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cubicle on July 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: 1987 Time Capsule Predictions by Sci-Fi Writers Ab...

  Isaac Asimov       Died 1992
  Gregory Benford    Alive
  Algis Budrys       Died 2008
  Gerald Feinberg    Died 1992
  Sheldon Glashow    Alive
  Frederik Pohl      Alive
  Jerry Pournelle    Alive
  Tim Powers         Alive
  Orson Scott Card   Alive
  Robert Silverberg  Alive
  Jack Williamson    Died 2006
  Gene Wolfe         Alive
  Dave Wolverton     Alive
  Roger Zelazny      Died 1997

A lot more of them have survived to be embarrassed by their predictions than I had thought.

jpdoctor on July 27, 2012 [–]

> A lot more of them have survived to be embarrassed by their predictions

Predictions are hard, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

But seriously, I was in my mid-20's in 1987 and not a lot of these predictions seem outlandish having lived through that time.

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