In 1999 this paper was published:-

http://asadkarim.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/70417.pdf

Everything over IP, written by myself and Peter Hovell. It was predicting the growth in IP Networks which now dominate our lives from Television on demand, smartphones to how we communicate on smartphones and tablets.

http://link.springer.com/journal/10550/17/2/page/1
This paper was re-published in 2006, in the 25th Year Edition of the British Telecommunications Technology Journal.

http://link.springer.com/journal/10550/25/3/page/1

What we never predicted was how technology could affect the economy. Imagine what could happen if Google do pioneer driverless cars ?
What will happen to the landscape, when it comes to the employment prospects for drivers ?

We just have the potential of mass automation that will destroy jobs, unless we take steps now to create new jobs and new opportunities.