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		randyrand on March 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in... Humans overestimate tech advancement for 3yrs in the future, but underestimate it 10 yrs in the future. Food for thought.

arethuza on March 1, 2016 [–]

While I agree in general - I can think of a lot of technological predictions from my childhood in the 70s and 80s (fusion power, widespread off planet colonies, general AI) that we still seem to be waiting for.

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