life in the year 2008 (1968 edition) just remembered reading this one. a good illistration of some really positive thinking.
life in the year 2008 (1968 edition) just remembered reading this one. a good illistration of some really positive thinking.
When you think that's a 40 year prediction, it really is very impressive.
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well, if you mean in an imaginative way, then you would be correct. but very few of those have been created (if at all?)
Let's look at the hits and misses.
Business meeting 300 miles away is a day trip event - hit
Computer guided navigation sensitive to traffic conditions - hit
Flat screen TV - hit
Flying car - miss
Plastic roads - miss (but his faith in the future of plastic is noteworthy)
Domed city - miss (but some cities you can get around without being exposed to the elements much)
TV phone - hit
Electronic newspaper - hit
Touch-screen drawing and sending to remote location - hit
Self parking cars - miss
Private cars banned from inner city cores - near hit (central London has a premium charge - Manhattan parking is prohibitively expensive)
US population at 350 million - pretty close - I'll give a hit
Importance of transport to the economy - hit
Tube trains pushed by compressed air - miss
Commercial rocket travel - miss (but it's on the horison)
Home construction and maintenance - pretty good
Ready meals - hit
Importance of computer - hit
Repairman showing up before appliance failure - miss
Card transactions - hit
Online shopping - near miss
Entertainment - near miss
More spare time - miss
Struggle to keep up with technology - hit
World information available almost instantaneously - hit
Typical vacations - miss
Farming - near miss
Marine farming - near miss
Medical - near miss
I think one of the things to bear in mind is that some of the misses are arguably already possible - there just hasn't been widespread adoption yet.
Last edited by Dave A; 30-Mar-08 at 09:03 PM.
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