I think you have that backwards. A century ago people imagined flying cars but not smartphones. (See Albert Robida.) Now, we would find flying cars "nearly m

I think you have that backwards. A century ago people imagined flying cars but not smartphones. (See Albert Robida.) Now, we would find flying cars "nearly magical" (myself included, having been recently amazed by modern vertical takeoff fighter jets) but apparently aren't impressed by smartphones (myself not included, even before having recently learned about semiconductor fabrication techniques).