Prediction or Influence? – Books of the Past That Forecast the Future

„Prediction or Influence?“ – Books of the Past That Forecast the Future (via Kueperpunk: „Eine Infografik über technologische Vorhersagen in der Literatur und wann sie Realität wurden…“)

Many writers of the past have predicted the facts of our present society with a level of detail that seems impossibly accurate. Some of them were even derided in their times for what were called outlandish and unbelievable fictions. Yet their imaginations were in reality painting portraits that would eventually be mirrored by history books a century later. Which seems to beg the question, Where does inspiration come from?