We’re selling off our high-tech future in a way that’s not being discussed … This is the best country in the world at innovating, but to allow our technological future to be harvested by our chief competitor is extremely dangerous.
Predictor: Crichton, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article for Bookpage, writer Eve Zibart interviews author Michael Crichton. She writes:”Michael Crichton … is the biotech and poli-sci-fi equivalent of Stephen King. But considering the reviews and interviews concerning his latest techno-thriller, which explores the labyrinthine corporate finagling of a Japanese high-tech firm in Los Angeles, ‘Rising Sun’ might have better have been named ‘Rising Storm.’ ‘Originally, I wanted to do something about the unrestricted sale of American technical start-up companies to Japan,’ says Crichton. ‘I think we’re selling off our high-tech future in a way that’s not being discussed. I don’t care about Rockefeller Center, I don’t care about Sony pictures or the Seattle anything; they may be symbolic, but I don’t think they’re really important. Japan is extremely good at exploiting high-tech possibilities. This is the best country in the world at innovating, but to allow our technological future to be harvested by our chief competitor is extremely dangerous.”
Biography:Michael Crichton, an extremely successful novelist (“Jurassic Park,” “Prey”) based much of his popular fiction on his study of real-world science and technology trends. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Peacekeeping/Warfare
Name of publication: Bookpage
Title, headline, chapter name: Is Michael Crichton a Japan-Basher? Xenophobic? Worried? No. No. Sort of.
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.crichton.org/mccs/a-bookpage.shmtl
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