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I was fascinated to read about the predictions of communal-living skyscrapers with their own management, etc. Eerily similar to the Hab Blocks of Mega City 1 I
by marcus_holmes 5y ago
I was fascinated to read about the predictions of communal-living skyscrapers with their own management, etc. Eerily similar to the Hab Blocks of Mega City 1
I then came to horrifying realisation that 1977 (when Judge Dredd first appeared) is only 55 years after the article, and now 45 years behind us(!!!). More or less halfway. Totally reasonable for them to have read this article, and still been far enough away from now to assume that this will still happen. This could easily have been the inspiration for Blocks.
- bleuchase 5y agoAnd now we have Charlie Munger gleefully making faceless, windowless monoliths a reality.