Get some context, FFS. These are seem close to "dystopian crud" because they are new technology. I'm sure that people seeing a hypothetical AT&T I/O 1980 would

Get some context, FFS. These are seem close to "dystopian crud" because they are new technology. I'm sure that people seeing a hypothetical AT&T I/O 1980 would think that automated telephone attendants were the end to human communication, commercial internet would ruin good letter writing and therefore society, and fax machines would be used as another form of government control. Imaginary dystopian futures never happen, but people keep imagining new ones.