Visions Of 2008 circa 1968

TR Daggett — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:58:19 -0400

Over at TechCrunch.com Michael Arrington has an interesting article about an article written in 1968 by James R. Berry titled 40 Years in the Future.

It's not that he was dead-on about everything, he wasn't, but some of what he predicted came very close to what we see today. If you were around back in 1968 (I was eleven) and tried to predict 40 years ahead, how do you think you'd do?

It's always interesting to go back and look at the predictions people have made and compare them to reality. I'm sure many folks remember reading Popular Science/Mechanics magazine(s) and others that tried to predict what life and technology would be like 20 - 50 - 100 years into the future.

I doubt many of us could have foreseen the extent of the technology revolution children growing up today take for granted. I think the ones that impress me most are the 60+ group that have embraced the new technology like computers and the Internet and aren't afraid to learn new things. In the process they're keeping their brains active and it's enriching their lives.

Keep moving forward, and never stop learning!

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