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Early Spanish explorers were lured to the ‘island’ of California by a book that promised them a place paved with gold and ruled by Amazon warriors who rode on griffins. Five centuries on, not much has changed says Chair of Future Studies and Forecasting at Singularity University, and native Californian, Paul Saffo.

Photo: Map of California as an island by Johannes Vingboons c.1650 Source: Library of Congress