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Why is it that reading news from 2 decades ago feels productive?
- alentodorov 6y agoAs I've been studying news from the last decades I can see certain categories unfolding. Tech that is available now and was predicted pretty precisely — eg. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/magazine/tech-2010-24-all-one-land-plenty-watch-that-your-lifeline-world.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/magazine/tech-2010-24-all... Ideas that took a lot more time to get implemented — https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/magazine/tech-2010-14-feel-secure-the-surveillance-camera-that-picks-out-the-bad-guys.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/magazine/tech-2010-14-fee... And, essays with ideas that seem even more relevant today — https://web.archive.org/web/20000815060013/http://www.beyond2000.com/news/Jun_00/story_652.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000815060013/http://www.beyond...