Sun May 6, 2018, 12:13 PM

1967 Walter Cronkite on Life in the 21st Century - AMAZING

See how many predictions came true:

P.S. Oh how I hat to admit I was 19 at the time.

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1967 Walter Cronkite on Life in the 21st Century - AMAZING (Original post)	RandomAccess	May 2018	OP
This looks interesting	MustLoveBeagles	May 2018	#1
The one thing they got right was the internet. Pretty much everyone has a microwave	lunamagica	May 2018	#2
Yeah, but we got the robotic vacuum	RandomAccess	May 2018	#4
The same mind-set in building some of this stuff is the same one that says	shraby	May 2018	#3

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Sun May 6, 2018, 12:27 PM

MustLoveBeagles (6,559 posts)

1. This looks interesting

Bookmarking for later

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Sun May 6, 2018, 12:50 PM

lunamagica (9,967 posts)

2. The one thing they got right was the internet. Pretty much everyone has a microwave

but not for cooking.

The one thing I dream (ed) about that didn't happen was the robot-maid. I really thought I'd grow up to have my own Rosie cleaning up everything

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Sun May 6, 2018, 05:03 PM

RandomAccess (5,210 posts)

4. Yeah, but we got the robotic vacuum

Rumba?? And we're really on the verge of a lot more, closer to what you wanted.

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Sun May 6, 2018, 12:55 PM

shraby (21,946 posts)

3. The same mind-set in building some of this stuff is the same one that says

no single payer insurance plan.

"The people aren't ready for it" says the ones holding back technology for everyone except companies.

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