This is no mere cant. This expert opinion is that of Californian think-tank The Institute for the Future. The IFTF is the Earth’s most respected think-tank. It’s been plotting the course of the future for government and corporate concerns since it was cleaved off the RAND Corporation in 1968. The IFTF says droids will increasingly dominate the twenty-first century—from the way we wage wars to the way we spend our leisure time.