Originally Posted by muggins14:
“It does seem strange that years mentioned as futuristic in films when I was growing up are now becoming part of my reality.”
Also somewhat depressing that many of the things we were meant to have, haven't appeared. But that's always a challenge with science/speculative fiction. But that can also be a good thing, ie I used to play an RPG called 'Cyberpunk 2020' and the world's not quite as bleak as portrayed there. Or here-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindstar_Rising
The company is leading the way in rebuilding a 21st-century England after the People's Socialist Party (PSP), a tyrannical communist government, had first crushed the country and then collapsed, leaving it in shambles.
So.. Brexit I guess. That one does have some neat ideas about 'offshoring', and may have inspired Google's barge building project. This one's closer to reality-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Forces
Market Forces is a science fiction thriller novel by Richard Morgan. Set in 2049, the story follows Chris Faulkner as he starts his new job as a junior executive at Shorn Associates, working in their Conflict Investment division where the company supports foreign governments in exchange for a percentage of the country's gross domestic product.
I think Goldman Sachs might have read that one..