beer good
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So I saw this article:
How the world of 1950 looked in 1925
Which is actually one of the more realistic depictions of what The Future will look like that I've seen. Sure, we never had airships landing in the middle of cities, but... high-rises, underground garages, underground trains, all pretty much standard in a lot of cities today. As for roads dedicated only to pedestrians and cars driving underground... kinda? Most European cities I've been to have areas that are more or less restricted to pedestrians and tunnels for cars to get through certain parts of the city, at least.
Still, a lot of people predicting the future, from journalists to politicians to SF writers, had more fun than that. So, what's the invention everyone said we'd have by 1985 that you're still waiting for, and what do you have now that nobody ever expected to become a household item?
How the world of 1950 looked in 1925
Which is actually one of the more realistic depictions of what The Future will look like that I've seen. Sure, we never had airships landing in the middle of cities, but... high-rises, underground garages, underground trains, all pretty much standard in a lot of cities today. As for roads dedicated only to pedestrians and cars driving underground... kinda? Most European cities I've been to have areas that are more or less restricted to pedestrians and tunnels for cars to get through certain parts of the city, at least.
Still, a lot of people predicting the future, from journalists to politicians to SF writers, had more fun than that. So, what's the invention everyone said we'd have by 1985 that you're still waiting for, and what do you have now that nobody ever expected to become a household item?