The incorrect predictions of yesterday have become an entire genre of listicle. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of them online—“The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time,” according to PC Magazine, “15 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time” at Forbes, and “13 Future Predictions That Were So Wrong People Would Probably Regret Saying Them” at Bored Panda, to name just a few. These lists are often hilarious, full of prognostications that to our modern eye seem completely absurd.