On: Facebook's Zuckerberg Says the Age of Privacy Is O...

[mfringel]

In general, if an executive says "The future is X", a good first translation is "My life will get a whole lot easier if X is true."

[osrec → mfringel]

Yes indeed. So many influential people use their influence to sow the seeds of the future they want in the public's mind. They do this by prophecising the future, and their followers do their best to make the prophecy a reality (often subconsciously).