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To some extent, that's what it was like. There was a feeling of the future happening faster than our eyes could take it in. I would be you'd see similar hyperbo
by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
To some extent, that's what it was like. There was a feeling of the future happening faster than our eyes could take it in. I would be you'd see similar hyperbole discussing micro computing in the 80s, space flight in the 60s and jet flight in the 50s. The 70s and 00s seem to have suffered from no optimistic technology boom. I hope the teens fixes that.
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoAs a boy, I was fond of a quote to the effect of "If all technology had progressed as quickly as computer technology, you would be able to buy a Space Shuttle at the corner store, fold it up and put it in your pocket, and fly it to Mars on a gallon of gas." That was from the late '80s. By now, presumably, your gallon of gas would get you to Alpha Centauri. I also find it kind of depressing that the excitement over the infinite potential of the Net has settled down to workaday humdrum.
- rbanffy 12y ago> your gallon of gas would get you to Alpha Centauri. In less than an hour ;-)