Do you remember 1970? 1970 is closer to the first world war than we are now to 1970
When I was young I thought we’d all be going on holiday on the moon by 2001.
Tomorrows world promissed me silver suits, hover cars, holidays to the moon, and more days free time than work time. The bastards were selling a lie.
I have often found myself checking the release dates of films on the telebox just to see how old they are.
There are quite a few films I have memories of discussing with my mates at school, only to discover when I look up the release date that they were released after I left school, old age has brought on some false memorries.
When I was young I thought we’d all be going on holiday on the moon by 2001.
Tomorrows world promissed me silver suits, hover cars, holidays to the moon, and more days free time than work time. The bastards were selling a lie.
Do you remember those Star Trek communicators, in the original series? They have less power in them than the phone in your pocket, which nobody predicted back in the day. Unfortunately, we do nothing useful with that power, just moan about how old we are, how many days are in a fortnight or how long socks ae allowed to be this year.
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Some things stick in the memory, some don't. Some phases of my life were clearly uneventful as I look back and can't remember any events at all. I was just doing stuff. Probably.
Lots of " universal communicators" in science fiction going back way pre internet. So mobile phones were predicted.😎
Lots of ” universal communicators” in science fiction going back way pre internet. So mobile phones were predicted.😎
You missed the point, TJ. What we carry are far more powerful than was ever predicted.
You missed the point, TJ. What we carry are far more powerful than was ever predicted.
We're essentially carrying the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
You missed the point, TJ. What we carry are far more powerful than was ever predicted.
We’re essentially carrying the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
More powerful than that. Don't forget that the Guide only had room for 'Mostly harmless', whereas we have the cloud to fall back on, the best cameras and camcorders that casual users are ever likely to need, trackers, accelerometers, mobile mapping, books, magazines, music, weather forecasting, shopping....
The bit we haven't got is a teleportation device. 😀
It'd be interesting to rewatch Tomorrow's World with the benefit of hindsight.
Do you remember those Star Trek communicators, in the original series? They have less power in them than the phone in your pocket, which nobody predicted back in the day.
Star Trek was remarkably prescient with a lot of things. The communicator is the obvious one. Sliding doors that open by proximity, used today in practically every supermarket in the world? A concept actually invented on Star Trek. The revolutionary iPad? The Next Generation was using PADDs in the early 1990s. Remember scoffing at Picard going "Computer..." because that's not how computers work? Alexa, turn on the lights and add toothpaste to my shopping list. OK Google, navigate to Alpha Centauri.
And of course the classic one, every time my computer crashes the keyboard explodes in a shower of sparks, throwing me across the room.
Some of you guys have not read enough sf. The universal communicator in many stories had wireless access to all the available knowledge in tbe world. Arthur C Clarke and Asimov amongst othets. Loads of examples of this. Peter Hamiltons Cybofax was another very like a smart phone.
