paleofuture
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These Robot Burlesque Dancers Were A Less Advertised Part Of The 1939 New York World’s Fair
The New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 is perhaps best known for its optimistic look at the future, with demonstrations of early television and the Futurama ride that showed regular people a glimpse of tomorrow. But there are some lesser known exhibits from the Fair that might surprise people who only think of the past…
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What Technology Is Most Likely To Become Obsolete During Your Lifetime?
Certain Boomer basements are little shrines to obsolescence, untidy stockrooms of the one-time cutting-edge: VCRs, corded telephones, immense beige PC monitors, etc. Way fewer Millennials will have basements to store trash in (“˜home ownership’ itself quickly verging on obsolete), but presumably, once climate change really hits and they’re all renting cots in corporatised storm shelters,…
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Here’s What People Thought Of Amazon When It First Launched In The Mid-1990s
Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, and launched its online store in 1995, letting people buy books from the comfort of their homes. Twenty-five years after its inception, Amazon now sells everything from taco holders shaped like dinosaurs to tongue brushes that humans can use to lick their cats. And you’d have to be…
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This ‘Smart’ Light Bulb Video Is A Great Reminder That Living In The Future Is A Nightmare
People of the 20th century imagined that Americans of the future, would be zipping around in flying cars and jetpacks. Instead, we’ve got a plummeting life expectancy, the rise of measles, and even a resurgence of concentration camps on U.S. soil.