I recently saw an article from The Providence Journal online about a children’s book written in 1972 called “2010: Living in the Future”.
According to the article, “Dan Sinker, who teaches journalism at Columbia College Chicago, bought the children’s book as a library discard in the ’80s, and is putting it online, a few pages a day of photos and text…Books that try to anticipate the future often seem to miss the mark, envisioning massive change where it doesn’t happen…On the other hand, the kitchen seems to anticipate the Peapod grocery delivery system quite well.”
The book is posted online at http://2010book.tumblr.com/.
Now that 2010 has arrived, it is interesting to read the predictions from 1972. While most are flawed, some of predecitons resemble some aspects of technology and society today.
If you visit the site, keep in mind that the navigation arrows are reversed. It is a bit confusing.
