References   Regarding reference   Books of the year  Books  Arts The Economist  Retrieved  This is cited as the source of the quote The future is already here  its just not evenly distributed  There was no issue of the Economist published on December   I checked to see if this was a dating error and examined the April  issue but I could not find this quote either  Perhaps it is in another issue  He does say this in a National Public Radio Interview NPR interview  November  Timecode httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId but I am not sure if this is the original source as he states he has said this many times