Futures

March 2nd, 2007 by Madeleine Robins

Despite the troubling lack of flying cars, can there be any doubt that we’re living in some kind of science fictional future? Probably a satirical SF future at that. I mean, doesn’t the fact that there’s now a futures market in plagues being funded by a private foundation sound like something out of Pohl or Heinlein?

So where the hell are the flying cars, dammit?

Posted in Daily Life, Politics, Science, Science Fiction, Technology | 4 Comments »

4 Responses

1. Erin O'Brien Says:
   March 2nd, 2007 at 2:39 pm

   Dear Madeleine: The flying cars are floating all around me, the color of m&m’s. Every time I reach for one, it darts away and I tumble through the sky and clouds, laughing.

2. Rory Harper Says:
   March 2nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm

   I think Erin’s on my planet, listening to Bluze Rock and dropping acid.

3. Madeleine Robins Says:
   March 2nd, 2007 at 5:44 pm

   Erin, can I have some of whatever it is you’re having? Sounds like such fun.

4. Erin O'Brien Says:
   March 3rd, 2007 at 9:18 am

   Madeleine, Sure. I’m having what the chicken’s having. And turn up the Bluze, Rory.