The future is already here - it is just unevenly…

The future is already here - it is just unevenly distributed.

Attributed

A variant of this: “As I’ve said many times, the future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed.” was said during an NPR interview (30 November 1999 Timecode 11:55). See also: more quotes about the Future

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