Most technological futurology see agents as benign, as obedient slaves who only have our best interests at heart. |
But, as Margolis points out, futurology isn't so much about sketching an inevitable tomorrow as it is about helping to make choices about it. |
The book goes off the rails at the very end with a chapter of futurology. |
Yet, even with those caveats, futurology is valuable as it can help us expose lunatics. |
The next section continues along these lines, offering a modest exercise in futurology and a selective listing of future areas for research. |
A similar process is taking place with regard to military study of systems, military study of conflicts, military futurology and military science of science. |