When people learn that I’m a futurist, they often assume my work involves precisely predicting what comes next, from election results and new technologies to market crashes and natural disasters. To ...

Science fiction has long served as a looking glass into humanity’s future, from our greatest triumphs to our darkest fears, offering writers and audiences opportunities to explore potential ...

Media like television and movies have accurately predicted future events on several occasions. "The Truman Show" predicted the rise of reality television as a dominant entertainment format. "Minority ...

Some classic science fiction movies made sweeping predictions for the future. In some cases, those predictions never came to pass, but in others, the movies were strikingly on point. Predictions about ...

Since its first episode aired in 1967, "Star Trek" has been predicting and inspiring the future, from tech to social progress. As the decades passed, everyday technology in the "Star Trek" universe ...