Considering how people in the 50's and 60's picture how futuristic, technogically speaking,the future will be. . . .

[Jalether]

with flying cars everywhere,developing ultra sophisticated rockets that can break the speed of light, colonising other planets
,discovery and communication with real extra terrestial life form etc

Well we live in the future now, would you say we have met the expectation of how people from the past picture what the future will/should/might look like


I think they will be disappointed on some "our generation landed human on the moon and your bytch ass still haven't found a way to transport and
land humans on mars yet, also where are the flying cars"

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I bet they didn’t think they’d be able to grab a phone out their pocket and call somebody that they could see on the other end

 

[getmoney310cpt]

All that shyt is here if you pay attention..the future arrived just not in the over the top fashion of the jetsons

 

[CopiousX]

with flying cars everywhere,developing ultra sophisticated rockets that can break the speed of light, colonising other planets
,discovery and communication with real extra terrestial life form etc

Well we live in the future now, would you say we have met the expectation of how people from the past picture what the future will/should/might look like


I think they will be disappointed on some "our generation landed human on the moon and your bytch ass still haven't found a way to transport and
land humans on mars yet, also where are the flying cars"

The cold war eneded too soon. All of these things were the result of competition between soviets and america. Once soviets left the stage, there was no motivation for the us to do any of that sht. If gorbachav ignored reagan's silly "tear down that wall" provacations and sent a rocket to mars, i garuntee you the US govt would have a space base on alpha Centauri by now.



We missed all that futuristic stuff.




Now im p retty sure we wont do anything cool even in our future because if VR. Why on earth would i invent a flying car and pay for billions of dollars in research, when i could spend a weekend coding a digital car and charge people to run the program?

 

[MikelArteta]

flying cars = drones

 

[Elim Garak]

Oh look a thread we've never seen before.

 

[Uitomy]

Considering the tech, we have basically arrived at the Dawn of that era. Some of the speedboats and race cars we have defy logic at times and folks already got legitamite air and water powered hover crafts. I think a ton of that element they were predicting was a bit too much to expect commercially
BUT

At the same time, I do think to myself
What if we were capable of exceeding those imaginative expectations and we actually have been developing slower than we should on purpose?

 

[Michael's Black Son]

with flying cars everywhere,developing ultra sophisticated rockets that can break the speed of light, colonising other planets
,discovery and communication with real extra terrestial life form etc

Well we live in the future now, would you say we have met the expectation of how people from the past picture what the future will/should/might look like


I think they will be disappointed on some "our generation landed human on the moon and your bytch ass still haven't found a way to transport and
land humans on mars yet, also where are the flying cars"

Only person who remotely nailed some of these “predictions” was Gene Roddenberry.

- flip phones / cell phones
- iPads / tablats
- giant flat TVs
- bluetooth
- voice assistants

All of this and at least 10 more technologies we have now were in Star Trek in the 60s

 

[Complexion]

2050.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I bet they didn’t think they’d be able to grab a phone out their pocket and call somebody that they could see on the other end

Then you never watched sci fi movies

 

[Caca-faat]

I bet they didn’t think they’d be able to grab a phone out their pocket and call somebody that they could see on the other end

The Jetsons had video phones and filters

Then you never watched sci fi movies

Exactly, automatic doors come from Star Trek I think.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Then you never watched sci fi movies

Nah can’t say I watched them shyts like that

But they didn’t have cell phones

 

[BmoreGorilla]

The Jetsons had video phones and filters

Exactly, automatic doors come from Star Trek I think.

Oh yea of course. But I’m referring more to smart phones

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

I bet they didn’t think they’d be able to grab a phone out their pocket and call somebody that they could see on the other end

All that was on the Jetsons so

 

[Caca-faat]

Nah can’t say I watched them shyts like that

But they didn’t have cell phones

Cell phones also came from Star Trek

Fictional predictions about the future that came true