Predictions of the Future...From the 1960s

kkleiner writes "Jetpacks, flying cars, death rays — the future isn't quite what the past hoped it would be. Of course, when predictions do come true it can be really shocking. Check out some of the more entertaining and eye-opening videos that show classic predictions from the 1960s. The Jet Age couldn't imagine the Age of Social Media clearly, but they got a few things right. And many more hilariously wrong."

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Re:Did he predict the Internet?

[GameboyRMH]

The Internet has been predicted quite a few times. Off the top of my head, Mark Twain:

http://thetyee.ca/Books/2007/01/08/MarkTwain/

Also I found this article on the topic, although the comments are far more interesting than the article itself:

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/03/who-said-science-fiction-never-predicted-the-internet/

Re:Images of the future

[myth24601]

All this crap about "investing" in education just serves to line fancy overpaid professors' pockets.

The problem isn't just fancy overpaid professors but bloated administration. From 1975 to 2008 the California State University system increased the number of faculty by 3% while increasing the number of administrators by 221% so that now there are more administrators than there are faculty.