Visionaries have long predicted how inventions will alter the future . Some miracle inventions never had impact desired by creators . Others were so disruptive that they changed society forever, and others are still in use today. `` At some point , you ca n't expect a miracle to come in the form of technology to save us , '' Verheiden says . `` Battlestar Galactica '' writer : `` The miracle '' has to come from us , not machines .
Visionaries have long predicted how inventions will alter the future . Some miracle inventions never had impact desired by creators . Others were so disruptive that they changed society forever, and others are still in use today. `` Battlestar Galactica '' writer : `` The miracle '' has to come from us , not machines .