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."
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/
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel