I hate the word "predict". A lot.
I think it started when people said that the Simpsons predicted the Trump presidency and genuinely believed that there was some crazy voodoo magic attached to it
The Simpsons has hundreds of episodes. Them making a reference that happens to have become true isn't in any way, shape or form special. Trump was already a very public figure long before he announced his candidacy, after all. They also made an episode that played in 2010 and made references to a third and fourth world war. Where is the attention on that?
It's similar to how Nostradamus made hundreds upon hundreds of predictions that were all vague. Would be a lot weirder if none of them ever applied than if some could be fitted into events that have transpired
A lot of predictions are just the status quo that was present at the time of the media's inception that didn't change. Marvin Gaye talking about police brutality didn't predict shit, it was already a thing back then. And a lot of other predictions are just kinda forced on current events. Like media shows a war in the future, and that somehow predicted our current state, but like, wars happen. Video essays that say "dude BO2 totally predicted our world", no it didn't
There is some art that made very poignant predictions based on the trajectory of things at the time of their creation. Videodrome, The Truman Show, Metal Gear Solid 2. But they didn't forecast specific events, rather cultural, historical and political changes that could be very well seen by informed individuals. It's like Samuel Butler who saw in the 19th century how people became more dependent on machines and foresaw a lot of our modern world, where we are completely dependent on technology
I think it started when people said that the Simpsons predicted the Trump presidency and genuinely believed that there was some crazy voodoo magic attached to it
The Simpsons has hundreds of episodes. Them making a reference that happens to have become true isn't in any way, shape or form special. Trump was already a very public figure long before he announced his candidacy, after all. They also made an episode that played in 2010 and made references to a third and fourth world war. Where is the attention on that?
It's similar to how Nostradamus made hundreds upon hundreds of predictions that were all vague. Would be a lot weirder if none of them ever applied than if some could be fitted into events that have transpired
A lot of predictions are just the status quo that was present at the time of the media's inception that didn't change. Marvin Gaye talking about police brutality didn't predict shit, it was already a thing back then. And a lot of other predictions are just kinda forced on current events. Like media shows a war in the future, and that somehow predicted our current state, but like, wars happen. Video essays that say "dude BO2 totally predicted our world", no it didn't
There is some art that made very poignant predictions based on the trajectory of things at the time of their creation. Videodrome, The Truman Show, Metal Gear Solid 2. But they didn't forecast specific events, rather cultural, historical and political changes that could be very well seen by informed individuals. It's like Samuel Butler who saw in the 19th century how people became more dependent on machines and foresaw a lot of our modern world, where we are completely dependent on technology
