Scott Underwood
After we got past Y2K, 2020 towered like a beacon of light, attracting the moths of prognostication. Twenty years before, the 20/20 promise of perfect vision was simply too enticing to ignore.
Some projected spectacular advances in technology, breakthroughs in health care and sweeping changes in the world order.
Few foresaw that a spiky microscopic ball would completely dominate the landscape in 2020, wreaking death, depression and recession.
Before we give 2020 one last kick in the pants, let’s look back at what the past year was supposed to bring.
• In 1997, futurists Peter Schwartz and Peter Leyden predicted that Americans would be voting electronically from home long before 2020 rolled around.