I am willing to bet that two centuries ago, authors probably never imagined a world with smartphones, earbuds, the atomic bomb, and artificial intelligence. But over the years, science fiction authors occasionally hit on ideas that become reality, such as those four things and more, kinda like the infinite monkey theorem. (But not Labubu. No one was ready for those.)
This means that ideas in some of the books we’re reading right now in 2026 will become a reality in the future as well. That includes not only technology but also environmental factors. Neuromancer,
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