The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.