Predicting the future is a hazardous business but when predictions are proved to be right it’s almost beyond belief.
Jules Verne, Arthur C. Clarke, John Elfreth Watkins and Morgan Robertson, amongst others, make it look easy.
They are amongst some of the geniuses that got the future right.
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27 авг 2024