[WISTFUL] Do you feel ripped off ... by THE FUTURE?

I know the hunter-gathers feel really ripped off because they didn't have Krogers.

Ripped off? No.
Impatient? Yes

 

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That you know of. Records from that time in history are spotty at best.

 

Yes. Yes. YES.

I want at the very least virtual reality by the time I'm old so I can pretend I'm not.

I'm also very drunk.

But that doesn't change the way I feel.

I'm posting from the toilet while I poo.

 

It's been done.

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While I'd want cool stuff, I'd want the cool stuff in the future's sci fi books too.

 

Nope. I like living in reality.

 

lol..

I dont feel ripped off. More disappointed that we seem to fear the future more than embrace it like past generations did. We're more focused on technological disasters than the technology that ENHANCES life. Its like people want to make bunkers more than moon bases.

Guys like Buzz Aldrin in commemoration of the moon landing are saying that was good, now lets try to get people to walk on MARS. I like my traditional, organic, ordinary life dont get me wrong. But thats the kind of inspiration and sense of wonder we dont get as much of anymore.

I dont have to have a laser gun lifetime. As long as they dont lose the spirit, and dont put laser guns in the wrong hands, its all we can ask for.

 

im more excited about living in a liquid filled cylinder with wires and tubes stuck inside me, playing video games when im 95 years old..so much cooler than space

 

I remember seeing Disney's TV programs about our "future" in space. The way they portrayed the future space station, designed with help from Wernher von Braun, was a trip. The 1950's were filled with thoughts and ideas about our future, driven by great science fiction, and brilliant men like von Braun. Walt Disney "gave it to the masses." Had you asked anyone back then, from scientists, to sci-fi writers (many being brilliant scientists themselves), to people like me, you would never imagine that we would only have attained what we have today. Everyone thought we would be far advanced in many, many areas. There have been surprises, like tiny computers and the internet, that weren't thought of back then, but we're very behind what we thought would be accomplished.

Bummer.

 

I am a little dissapointed that space travel didn't advance more but even though I'm a fan of sci-fi I didn't expect us to advance as much a lot of sci-fi portrayed. While we don't have flying cars (a very bad idea anyway) consider how much of sci-fi has come true. We have the World Wide Web, cell phones, gene sequencing and all sorts of technology that a few decades ago only existed in the realm of science fiction.

 

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If you want to separate fact from fiction in futurist projections look at the energy budget. You never get a free lunch.

 

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They are called airplanes and use way to much gas and maintenance.

 

What was your favorite time travel movie? I would have to say "Paycheck". The movie was a bit more complex and probably more scientifically sound than your typical time traveler movies.

 

What is the movie where the guy randomly travels back in time without wanting to and finally prepares with a gun one time but is taking a shower when he travels.

I think the same movie involves some super secret sound weapon that makes stuff crumble. From the 1980's.

Found it

Biggles: Adventures in Time 1986

I think 1986 was the best year ever.

 

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It will all happen eventually. Once there is impending doom on Earth (asteroids, sun burning out, etc..) humans will have to stretch the realm of possibility for survival's sake. Technology will advance and such expeditions will become profitable, increasing the likelihood that investors will back them, thus making them reality. It's only a matter of time really. The advances of the last 50 years, and especially the last 20 blow everything done in the past out of the water. None of this was imaginable to people living just 70 years ago. If we take this into account and use it as our principle, I think it's a safe bet that the future holds more of the same rapid advancement as seen in recent years.

 

Primer.