| Bluntly stated, the historical record of tolerably accurate strategic futurology is anything but impressive. |
| 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. |
| So if you're good enough at futurology, you can make it a little bit of a self fulfilling prophecy. |
| The next section continues along these lines, offering a modest exercise in futurology and a selective listing of future areas for research. |
| Yet, even with those caveats, futurology is valuable as it can help us expose lunatics. |
| Most technological futurology see agents as benign, as obedient slaves who only have our best interests at heart. |
