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starroute

(12,977 posts)
7. "Mommy, what's a typewriter?"
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 01:03 PM
Feb 2013

I remember reading Heinlein's "Red Planet" to my son when he was little. I didn't have to explain any of the science fiction concepts to him, but I did have to explain what slide rules were and why wrist watches were once expensive.

It isn't usually the gee-whiz new technology that catches people up when they try to predict the future. It's not realizing how much of what they're used to will be obsolete.

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The metal tray is IRONic? LOL! Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #1
that comment took some BRASS! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2013 #2
That was funny! ejbr Feb 2013 #4
Go ahead, just make it the lead story Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #9
I love this kind of speculation. gordianot Feb 2013 #3
This was really base. kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #5
Using a type-writer in the year 2001? Dash87 Feb 2013 #6
"Mommy, what's a typewriter?" starroute Feb 2013 #7
I bet people in the future will laugh at Dash87 Feb 2013 #8
AH, AND THE ENDLESS AMOUNT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TOO CHEAP TO METER drynberg Feb 2013 #10
Oh yes liquid sodium. gordianot Feb 2013 #11
Jesus, Joseph and Mary! Save us! Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #12
It gets better. gordianot Feb 2013 #14
Amazing stories Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #17
I'm till waiting for... jjewell Feb 2013 #13
Maybe it's parked on the dog-walking treadmill just outside your saucer shaped apartment Bucky Feb 2013 #16
I can't eat until I find my punch cards!! n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2013 #15
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