Precog visions: Predicting the future with the Minority Report sociotechnical imaginary

• Published in: Social studies of science Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 37 - 61
• Main Authors: Glenhaber, Mehitabel, Sridharan, Hamsini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2025; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Advertising; Fiction; Forecasting; Future; Humans; Interfaces; Journalism; Minority Groups; Motion Pictures; Prototypes; Science and technology; Science fiction; Science fiction & fantasy; Social construction; Surveillance; Technology; diegetic prototypes; science fiction; surveillance studies; Sociotechnical imaginaries; film; tech journalism; cyborg

The 2002 film Minority Report regularly appears in tech press articles asking whether it ‘predicted the future’. When such publications invoke the film as having ‘predicted the future’ or ‘come true’, what social and political claims are being made? How has Minority Report become a discursive tool f...