I just got around to reading
As We May Think, Vannevar Bush’s famous 1945 article where he lays out a vision for the Internet, high level programming languages, Wikipedia, CCD-based cameras, and more.
What a contrast to the popular futurist vision of flying cars and humanoid robots…
So: how can you tell which of today’s Futurists are describing future realities, as Bush did, and which are Kurzweil types? And in which camp does Ramez Naam belong?