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# Science Fiction Impact On Innovation
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/science-fiction-impact-on-innovation/
- Published: 2010-05-24T16:46:34.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-24T01:36:27.000Z
- Description: On Saturday, I gave a speech at Maker Fair 2010 on “Hacking The Future” where I talked on predicting the future through a variety of influences. One that I shared was the role of science fiction. It’s staggering how much of what we do today is last generations science fiction! Did you know: Suba w
- Author: Phil McKinney
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On Saturday, I gave a speech at Maker Fair 2010 on “Hacking The Future” where I talked on predicting the future through a variety of influences. One that I shared was the role of science fiction.

It’s staggering how much of what we do today is last generations science fiction! Did you know:

- Suba was predicted in “[20,000 Leagues Under The Sea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty%5FThousand%5FLeagues%5FUnder%5Fthe%5FSea?ref=philmckinney.com)” by Jules Verne in 1875
- Test tube babies in “[Brave New World](http://www.huxley.net/bnw/index.html?ref=philmckinney.com)” by Aldous Huxley in 1932
- Robots in “[Rossun's Universal Robots](http://www.planetmonk.com/dramageeks/scripts/rur.pdf?ref=philmckinney.com)” by Karel Capek in 1920
- Cable TV in “[1984](http://www.george-orwell.org/1984?ref=philmckinney.com)” by George Orwell in 1949
- Screen saver in “[Stanger In A Strange Land](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger%5Fin%5Fa%5FStrange%5FLand?ref=philmckinney.com)” by Robert Heinlein in 1961
- Internet in “[London Times of 1904](http://www.classicreader.com/book/3098/1/?ref=philmckinney.com)” by Mark Twain in 1898

What used to be a facination with dreaming of the future is now critical for our future success. To put this in context, the 10 most in-demand jobs for 2010 did **NOT** exist in 2004\. What does this mean for society?

We are preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist … for technologies that have not yet been invented … for problems we don't know are problems.

So how do you prepare? As part of my day job, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about “what's next”. One inspriation I use is science fiction. In my case, I've been a long time fan of [Philip Dick](http://www.philipkdick.com/?ref=philmckinney.com) (the inspiration for[ Blade Runner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%5FRunner?ref=philmckinney.com), [Minority Report](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority%5FReport%5F%28film%29?ref=philmckinney.com), [Total Recall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%5FRecall?ref=philmckinney.com) and [Paycheck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck%5F%28film%29?ref=philmckinney.com))

What science fiction writers are stretching your thinking? What are they predicting?

\* Speech was insipred by a great speech by [Karl Fisch](http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/?ref=philmckinney.com) titled “Shift Happens”