Science or Fiction in 50 Years?

TLDR: Not in your lifetime. People love the concept of animals that can talk like us, walk like us.  The late 1800s and early 1900s are rich in the concept…

Will we prevent our bodies from aging?  TLDR: Yes Pre-1900s Immortality goes back much further than most other conjectures of science fiction writers.  There are many instances of immortality in…

Meet George Jetson. Will we fly to work? TDLR: Yes. We have no shortage of flying cars in our literature and especially in our movies and television. It is a…

Will the next Shakespeare dream of Electronic Sheep?TLDR: Yes.Artificial intelligence covers a broad range of ideas, but at its essence, we are most intrigued by how they might replace human…

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…

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…

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…

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…