Having foreseen the shift from more public social networking to private communications, Facebook forced users to install Messenger in spring 2014 by ripping out chat from its main app.
He had a good track record on the financial crash, which he is credited with having foreseen.
In 1948, pollsters had a lot to be humble about, having foreseen Dewey as the winner by 5 to 15 percentage points.
He had urged that Chelsea kick toward their own fans in the second half, having foreseen the winning of the title in front of them.
But as well as having foreseen the future of computing, over his career Dr Gelernter has developed a clear understanding of humans' conflicted relationship with the technology on which they increasingly rely.
Ariel Sharon, who at the time commanded the Israeli forces in Lebanon, was reprimanded by an Israeli commission of inquiry for not having foreseen and prevented the massacre, and was forced to resign from his position as Minister of Defense.
