the future that can and can’t be predicted
Back in the early 1990s, I remember this issue of Boys’ Life that included an article — I think it was part of a series — by Issac Asimov which posited future innovations in technology. This was a device that we’re now on the cusp of — the driver-less car.
The article in question posited that this would free up people for rounds of chess. At least that’s what the picture showed — the car driving forward, as the passengers play chess. Presumably a typical setting for the now wholly freed passengers.
Now that the driver-less car is here, it will be interesting to see if this sparks a Great Chess Revival.
I kind of doubt it.