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A Look At the "Information Superhighway," As It Looked In 1985

Posted by timothy on from the before-civilian-gps-mind-you dept.

jfruh writes "AT&T's video library is a treasure trove of future-looking films from the past, and this one is no exception. Combining what might be the first on-film use of the phrase 'information superhighway' with predictions of Siri-like services and sweet '80s computer graphics, this offers a valuable look at how close we came to our past's future."

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  1. Re:Welcome to the Information Age by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    We really didn't even get this until about 1995!

    Sure we did. I was here in the early 80's, and know people who were here in the late 70's.

    The AOL crowd showed up in the mid 90's and essentially destroyed the original internet culture. This was not an improvement.