A Few Rules for Predicting the Future

Octavia Butler. One day she shall have achieved sainthood. Pixelated images of her will appear across the web, reminding us to take command of how we perceive the world, and what we project upon the universe.

She is one of the Patron Saints of Afro Futurism, and her name is evoked in protests in Seattle an discussions in Philadelphia.

This essay was written in response to a misquote in a college paper. In it, she cautions that the future is complicated and absolutely unpredictable. It is sleight of hand. Change is the only constant.