[AntiGuv]

The present is actually far more exciting and advanced than futurists predicted just twenty years ago. For one, the rise of the World Wide Web and the whole online cyber-world was almost totally unforeseen. For another, nanotech was barely envisioned and biotech is also considerably ahead of many predictions.

[RobRoy]

One thing that has been predicted for some time - and let's be frank, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see we are on the cusp of this one - virtual worlds so real that it competes directly with the real world.

Look at where gaming is going. Naturally, most of those who predicted it talked about it as having the same devastating results on people and our culture as drugs.

[grey_whiskers]

The present is actually far more exciting and advanced than futurists predicted just twenty years ago. For one, the rise of the World Wide Web and the whole online cyber-world was almost totally unforeseen.

You're right. To quote Dave Barry:

"Picture this scenario: It's 8 P.M. on a weekday night, and your 12-year-old child suddenly remembers that he has a major school report on the Spanish-American War due tomorrow. He needs to do some research, but the library is closed. No problem! Your cyber-savvy youngster simply turns on your computer, activates your modem, logs on to the Internet -- the revolutionary 'Information Superhighway' -- and, in a matter of minutes, is exchanging pictures of naked women with other youngsters all over North America."

Cheers!