I recently saw the movie “The Martian”.  Terrific film.  Go see it, it is truly the hero’s journey.  It is also the way-shower.  A

lesson in what is coming in the future.  Just as most films reflect our society or teach us what is coming from the future, the creative souls who put them together for us are our messengers.  We learn through entertainment.  We can accept imaginary events and personalities, amuse ourselves and then tell our friends about it.  Buck Rogers, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Artificial Intelligence, the Matrix were all messengers telling us what to expect in our future.

We are usually ignorant of the oncoming changes that are driving towards us.  We keep making 30 years plans for highways, high-speed rail, fuel efficient vehicles when AV’s (autonomous vehicles–(those without any driver) are already on our roads.  We could be able to buy these vehicles as early …