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.
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