I found this today on Stumbleupon, and my mind was blown so I felt the need to share it. This is from the August 1925 issue of Popular Science Monthly and it was a prediction of how the cities of 1950 would be like due to efforts to remedy traffic congestion. First of all, I find it hilarious that they included "Aircraft landing fields" because it just seems too ridiculous that air travel would be a super commonplace mode of travel in the 50's. Also it sounds like something that would be in Star Wars. With the car becoming a more sought out, dependable, and available vehicle, scientists knew that there would be traffic but wrongly predicted how it would be dealt with. Cars lead to the outward growth of cities rather than society stacking itself up. Of course, this analysis is all in hindsight. It seems to be a trend that people foresee an overcomplicated world and overestimate the capabilities and speed of human innovation. They did rightfully show the formation of the underground subway system along with apartments and skyscraper workplaces, but overdid it with two levels for different speeds of traffic and an above-ground level for pedestrians. When we think of the future, we think of flying cars and robots doing everything for us. Though this technology is becoming available, I doubt that they will become a big part of daily life very soon since they were already supposed to have been back in 2000. Tis truly incredible the things humans can create.
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This morning I was thinking about technology in our culture, and how that is affecting the whole flow of life, in regards to social interaction, psychology, etc. It almost seems as if we're growing faster than we can mentally keep up. I feel that communication between people in person has lessened due to replacement by technology. Who knows? Maybe the next generation won't even talk; they'll just type.
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