Futurologists almost always wrong

From New Statesman, on predictions: "Futurologists are almost always wrong. Indeed, Clive James invented a word – 'Hermie' – to denote an inaccurate prediction by a futurologist. This was an ironic tribute to the cold war strategist and, in later life, pop futurologist Herman Kahn. It was slightly unfair, because Kahn made so many fairly obvious predictions – mobile phones and the like – that it was inevitable quite a few would be right."