In 1962, a single missing character in NASA's guidance software doomed Mariner 1 just minutes after launch — a transcription error so costly that Arthur C. Clarke famously called it "the most expensive hyphen in history"

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Sci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future in 1964: Artificial Intelligence, Instantaneous Global Communication, Remote Work, Singularity & More
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1974 interview about computers proves Arthur C. Clarke’s predictions were eerily accurate
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