2001 a space odyssey

“Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again.” So said sci-fi master Ray Bradbury in the Paris Review. While Google is working on a car that can drive itself, we’re still waiting for the laser pistols, flying cars and teleporters promised from yesteryear. There is, however, plenty of things science fiction correctly predicted a lot better than Nostradamus. Some things are obvious, like digital billboards a la “Blade Runner,” or smartphones and MRI scanners, ...