The Long History of the Future
Nicole Kobie (Bloomsbury Sigma (UK, on sale now; US, 24 September))
A handful of technologies teeter on the cusp of release but never arrive. Take driverless (or even flying) cars, superintelligent machines and human-like robots that free us from the drudgery of everyday chores. What stops them leaving the minds of inventors and entering our homes?
That is what Nicole Kobie asks in The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow’s technology still isn’t here…
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