Some Day, You’ll Have a Telephone with a Screen and Be Able To Dial a Book
At my university there are several ironic and funny posters with quotes about mispredictions on display at the walls of the big lecture hall of the mechanical engineering building.<p>My favorite one is from Gottlieb Daimler 1901:<p><i>"The global demand for automobiles will not exceed one million - at least because of a lack of available chauffeurs."</i> [1]<p>He is the founder of the predecessor of todays Daimler AG, which owns Mercedes-Benz.<p>[1] losely translated from German: <i>"Die weltweite Nachfrage nach Kraftfahrzeugen wird eine Million nicht überschreiten  - allein schon aus Mangel an verfügbaren Chauffeuren."</i>