Can you hear me now? Will we experience instant communication in our lifetime?  TLDR: No. Our major introduction to faster than light communication begins in the 50s and 60s. Often our authors provide a theoretical physics or even a philosophical…

Will robots be serving us OJ and French Toast in our lifetime? TLDR: Yes. Most often a writer’s fascination with robots centers around their programming rules or the concept of what it means to be human.  Before we get anywhere…

Will we experience mind reading within our lifetime?  TLDR: Yes. In the fifties, our intrepid science fiction writers focused more on the consequences of reading minds than exploring the science behind mind reading.  Consider the classic trope: a society attempting…

David Brin, in his foreword to the book Earth, shared the challenge he felt writing science fiction that takes place fifty years into our future. Within ten years real world events can turn an interesting read into a joke, as…