Yep, I've noticed this. He's consistently ~10-20 years ahead of the curve. Much of Snowcrash (written c. 1990, I presume, published 1992) stopped being SF only circa 2010. Diamond Age is starting to get real - watched a video of folks 3-D printing rocket engines last night.https://twitter.com/N8istootall/status/1311017222123458560 …
The unrealistic part is they absorbed critical theory and still have functioning knowledge generation and cities The CHOP in Seattle is a taste of crt - the full woke "elite" in Fall wouldn't have a functioning city Never mind the insane projection of failed flyover America