Predictions: The History of the Future

The Contrafabulists monitor predictions that technologists and marketers make each week about the future of technology: “Robots will take over half of today’s jobs in 10–20 years,” according to MarketWatch. There’s even a graph, so it must be true.

The Contrafabulists monitor predictions that technologists and marketers make each week about the future of technology: “The Language of Dolphins Could Be Translated by 2021,” according to Futurism, which should probably note in the fine print that when it says AI has mastered 40 languages, it doesn’t really mean mastered....

As part of a new Contrafabulists’ project, we are monitoring predictions that technologists and marketers make each week: “Voice-based computing will be everywhere, listening to what we say, learning from what we ask,” Buzzfeed predicts. There’s no date for this prediction – just the “not-too-distant future.” The MIT Technology Review...

As part of a new Contrafabulists’ project, we are monitoring predictions that technologists and marketers make each week… “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024,” says Edsurge. Do remember: Clayton Christensen has predicted that by that date, half of all universities will be...

As part of a new Contrafabulists’ project, we are monitoring predictions that technologists and marketers make each week… “Augmented Reality Software Market expected to reach USD 35.22 billion by 2022,” according to a press release from Markets and Markets. “Adoption of AR and VR Technology Poised to Grow Rapidly between...