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    Posted: 09-Aug-2012 at 07:20
A list of predictions made about what life will be like in 2012 back in 1987. did they get it right 25 years ago? You decide.
 
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/slideshow/2012/08/07/were-right-25-years-ago-science-thinkers-predicted-world-in-2012/?intcmp=features#slide=10
Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?

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Well because I like Benford's work I liked his response. But he was only about 75% accurate...as crude is not running out and we don't have bases off world. But he's a damn fine writer so I give him some slack. OS. Card otoh was spot on.
 
 
More astonishing is that my ole pard pulled up a link from Fox. Shocked
 
 
By the Great Master architect... appears there is hope yet!LOL
 
 
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Looks like the pessimists were right: a shortage of fossil fuels and a growing gap between the rich and poor
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Tighten yer cinch and draw yer steel. Toltec is becoming a convert......Clap
 
 
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In the 50's early 60's, I was a Popular Mechanics and Popular Science reader.  I still have a few issues from the mid fifties.  I get a kick out of the different ways people perceived the future,  Particularly, the idea that we would be swamped with leisure time.  Whatever happened to that one?
 

When looking back and understanding what past generations thought the future would look like, we can see that they were correct on many occasions, but not all.  A prime example of this is a clipping from 1950 Popular Mechanics magazine titled ‘Miracles You’ll see in the Next Fifty Years’ by Woldemar Koempffert. The image below (Towell, 2009) comes from this clipping.

 

 
 
 
 
The image depicts the future of tele-shopping and perhaps video calling, such predictions are entirely correct. The one thing that this text failed to predict however,  was the social and cultural changes of the future. The shop assistant is still there holding the dress, when in actual fact these days, social ramifications have changed, even at the supermarket we don't need a cashier to ring up the sale.


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Here's one "look into The future" that fell flat on it's.............face.Big smile
 
 
 
 
 
 
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