The Future
Nick Montfort Central, 303.49 M784f 2017
Not the future, but mostly about past images and literature that depicted an imagined future. Short, but I read only two chapters; this is about the nature of fashion and fiction, not the difference between predictions and actual outcomes.
At least it isn't the usual "Canonical Future" depicted in so many breathless prognostications today. Those mostly start with decades old pulp science fiction notion X and proclaim that lab result Y will fulfill it. The book I would like to read, suggesting techniques for accurate technology/economics/psychology -based prognostication, may not been written yet, though Bob Seidensticker's Future Hype is a good start.