UPDATE: Check out  SUPERFLUX Issue 1 : editorial by Warren Ellis and drone fictions (not, to be fair, "predictions") by Tim Maugha...

"This pure ideal man, which makes itself known more or less clearly in every subject, is represented by the state, which is the objecti...

"The great point is, therefore, to reconcile these two considerations, to prevent physical society from ceasing for a moment in time, ...