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| Snippet from the 1968 issue of Whole Earth Catalog |
Scrolling through the 1968 issue of the Whole Earth
Catalog I was stopped abruptly by page 13 as I saw the title The Year 2000. Holy hell am I interested
in examining what had to be said about the year 2000 in 1968. What were the
expectations back then? Will there be spaceships instead of cars? Will robots control
the world? Etcetera, some science fiction stuff you would indeed seem then, as farfetched
as science fiction is today. Then again, maybe it wasn’t/isn’t as farfetched as
we thought/think?
Closer examination into what description is given
from The Year 2000 some of their
points are accurate to the T, such as widespread “cybernation” and “small world”.
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Others not so far off because of statistical predictions. The catalog reminded
me of a website that was introduced to me recently which I found extremely
interesting invoking my thoughts into future-theory.
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| Here's a screenshot from http://www.futuretimeline.net/ |
Tying these two works together would be an awesome
research paper I’d be willing to read. Just how accurate are predictions were
in the past, and possibly how truthful some of the theories on the website will
turn out to be. Trippy! Check it out!
http://www.futuretimeline.net/
[1] Stewart Brand, The Whole Earth Catalog, http://www.wholeearth.com/issue-electronic-edition.php?iss=1010
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