Rule of thumb for predicting: much of what you can imagine won't happen. Much of what matters will be things you can't imagine. 1/
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I've seen people praising Star Trek for predicting cellphones, but that's actually backwards.
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Star Trek had communicators and teleporters and voice-controlled computers because that's what people wanted.
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Cellphones require advanced photolithography and lithium batteries and GaAs RF amplifiers. But people wanted them so they were made.
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On the other hand, teleporters just aren't happening, even if people want them.
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Can you explain that with pictures? Maybe a podcast?
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That's because we left the cool stuff like space stations and advanced biology to the government. Now,
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I remember that LLNL estimated it would cost hundreds of millions to decode the human genome. Silicon valley said "let us do that for you"
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The moral is, don't let the government do it.
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