XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "Rod Speed"  wrote:   
      
   >David Friedman  wrote   
   >> Your Name  wrote   
   >   
   >>> Of course, if sci-fi really predicts the future, then cars of any sort   
   >>> will be useless because we'll simply use Star Trek transporters to   
   >>> beam everywhere. Live in New York, but work in Sydney? No   
   >>> problem, get there in a fraction of a second.   :-)   
   >   
   >> We already have the functional equivalent for many   
   >> purposes--telecommuting. A good deal easier to do.   
   >   
   >But not predicted by any SF that I can think of.   
      
   One of the main income streams in Oath of Fealty was tele-operators of   
   technical equipment, especially on the moon.  So it was predicted   
   circa 1980.  What time frame do you consider "predicted"?   
      
   SF tends not to focus on the middle management drone types, so we   
   wouldn't see them even if they WERE in the building.   
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