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LookingintotheFutureBertrandRussell,afamousphilosopher,saidin1944,“Theonethingthestudyofthepastteachesusisthatthefutureisneverhowpeopleimagineitwillbe.”
In1946,physicistspredictedthatwithintwentyyears,mostoftheworld’senergywouldbesuppliedbynuclearpower.__________(46)In1951,afamoussurgeonsaidthatheandhiscolleagueswereconfidentthat“bytheendofthe1950s,acureformostifnotallcancerswillhavebeenfound.”In1954,anAmericaneconomistpredictedAmericanswouldgoongettingricherandricher.___________(47).
Intheyear1969,anautomationengineerworkingforMaxFactorCosmeticsinBritainsaidthat“withintwentyortwenty-fiveyearsfactoriesthattodayemployhundredsofworkerswillneedonlyfiveortencomputertechnicianstorunthem.”_____________(48).
Intheearly1970s,thereweremanypredictionsthatbeforetheendofthecenturymosthomesintheUnitedStates,EuropeandJapanwouldhavecomputersinthem.___________(49)
Longbefore1980,itwaspredictedthatinsteadoflettingnatureandluckchoosetheirchildren’scharacteristics,peoplewouldhavetodecidewhichcharacteristicstheywantedtheirchildrentoinheritfromthemandpreviousgenerationsintheirfamilies.____________(50)Wemaybeabletohave“undesirable”characteristicschangedordestroyedthroughgenetictherapy.PerhapswemayevenbegintowishthatBertrandRussellwasrightwhenhesaidthathistoryteachesusthatthefutureisneverlikethatfutureweimagine.
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