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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Greg Goss  wrote   
   > 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.   
      
   That is remote control, not the same thing as working from home.   
      
   > So it was predicted circa 1980.   
      
   I was doing it then so that isnt a prediction.   
      
   > What time frame do you consider "predicted"?   
      
   That doesn't count IMO. The Machine Stops   
   does, but I haven't read it myself so I can't say   
   if that really predicted telecommuting either.   
      
   > SF tends not to focus on the middle management drone types,   
   > so we wouldn't see them even if they WERE in the building.   
      
   But telecommuting isnt just seen with middle management drone types.   
      
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