political commentary

One of the things I love about Sf is the idea of a future history. Bob Heinlein (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein) was about the first to think of it that way. In the previous quote from Stross, he sums up are very interesting perspective on current events from a slightly future perspective. It is interesting to speculate on what might be. By looking at the possibilities, we can perhaps avoid some disasters. But then, I am an optimist.