Future-predicting Fan Prints

'You will go 3 for 5 tomorrow.'

"Of course this'll be a great year. The data, sales projections, customer surveys, and my mom all think so."

"Ralph's smart car not only drives better than he does, it also works better. So we fired him and hired the car."

"We're always excited to hear from analysts who are bullish on the market."

"Even if I did believe that he was communicating through you. I'm afraid it's too late to change the will now."

'Look, dear, they offer cloud storage for optimistic economic projections...it's called Cloud 9.'

"I knew there was something wrong when he stopped reading the obituaries."

"I've made contact with your mother. She says she hates what you're wearing."

"First gig in a while?"

Cost of Terror.

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

The rise of nano-technologies.

"Now...this piece of paper will reveal even more."

"If you hadn't lost everything, I would recommend that you buy now."

"Do you really want to know?"

“It’s 2025 Roger, I didn’t think I’d still be seeing the lockdown beard..”

'...and I see dozens, no, hundreds of dirty socks lying on the floor! And I see windowless cars filled with injured squirrels and blind cats, who take you to an oasis of bacon bits...'

'This time last year you told me that I would meet a tall handsome stranger. Now I need his name and address.'

'Don't rush me! I need some time to process everything.'

Self Driving Car - Self Conscious Car - Self Actualized Car

'The reason you're getting resistance to planning for the future is because nobody thinks they'll still be here.'

'I remember when tea leaves were the state-of-the-art method of forecasting.'

Trends of the Future.

"And it shall come to pass, Great Caesar, you shall have a salad named after you"

Don't you hate when you build a time machine, return from the future, and forget what you were going to warn everyone about?

"Of course it's necessary technology! We need machines to test the machines that test you!"

"I see fireworks, I see people celebrating..."

The Shape of Progress.

'We've certainly come a long way from just a twenty per cent chance of precipitation in the form of snow.'

'...It doesn't look good for us guys'

'What do you see in gold futures.'

'As near as I can determine, they seem to be self-programming.'

"I see meetings. Lots of meetings."

Now the end is near...and so I face the final curtain.

A Self-Driving Car