And now that you know how good he is at predictions, you should make a point of buying @David_Gerrold's books.
Personally my favorite is _When Harlie Was One_ but you can start anywhere. https://amzn.to/2pL256I
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In 1999, I asked David Gerrold to write a "future of computing" prediction for the magazine where I was Technology Editor. Here's what he wrote.pic.twitter.com/UAMM0Pm4W6
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Since y'all asked for an update.... SF author
@DavidGerrold nailed smartphones in 1999. Here’s his next prediction: “My friend, the robot”https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-future-of-robots-from-science-fiction-to-present-day-predictions-1804.html …Show this thread
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Whoa. Can this dude tell us how to fix the problems our phones caused?
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I think I'm going to ask him. We're still in touch.
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Scary. His prescience here is ominous: it means that tribbles are likely to be in our quadrotriticali in the future.
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hope he's wrong about the Chtorrans, though..
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Wow! Prescient.
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I liked that he mentioned Tulsa (my hometown). The only Ramada Inn I knew about is gone now and the nearest Japanese restaurant was about five miles away.
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Reading this all from my Pita
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