Sci-Fi Predicts the Future
While just about everyone from governments to military leaders are employing futurists to forecast what lies ahead, science fiction once–and still does in many cases–ruled the roost. Sci-Fi emerged as a new form of literature during the Industrial Revolution, and the era’s futurists, such as H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and other prolific writers, explored fantastic scenarios depicting new frontiers of human endeavor. Storytellers continued to share their visions of the future into the 20th and 21st centuries, correctly predicting many aspects of the world we inhabit many decades later. Learn more from Ted-Ed.
