The history of the future in 10 images

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The history of the future in 10 images

The BBC's What If? season explores visions of the future through subjects such as health, war and technology. But how did artists and dreamers from the past imagine the modern world?



Wave of the future, dudes
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20913249




meekon5

One of the reasons I love Sci-Fi so much is for those really wrong versions as well as those lovley moments where they get it right.

Another good find DB.
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DigitalBuddha

Quote from: meekon5 on March 26, 2013, 05:28:58 PM
One of the reasons I love Sci-Fi so much is for those really wrong versions as well as those lovley moments where they get it right.

Another good find DB.

Thanks, M dude; and check these out (have been looking for this for a while)...

Walter Cronkite - "The 21st Century" March 12, 1967

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6DSu3IfRlo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ituFqnI0ANo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZBryYvRfFI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__MGYrcapdk


Hominid

Used to watch that religiously as a teen... loved it!



DigitalBuddha

Quote from: Hominid on March 27, 2013, 01:01:10 AM
Used to watch that religiously as a teen... loved it!

Yeah, mang; its a classic! Interesting "history of the future."

HnauHnakrapunt

One of the best things to watch the same day - The Jetsons and The Flintstones. Both of them are full of strange ideas how to deal with everyday life.
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