[T]he predictive part is traditionally a large part of how we
market science fiction and the people who write it. "Listen to her, she
knows the future." It's a really ancient kind of carny pitch, but it's not
what I think science fiction really does. I think science fiction gives us
a wonderful toolkit to disassemble and reexamine this kind of
incomprehensible, constantly changing present that we live in, that we
often live in quite uncomfortably.
-- William Gibson "on Twitter, Antique Watches and
Internet Obsessions" interview by Geeta Dayal, Wired
(September 14, 2012)
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/09/william-gibson-part-2-twitter/all/