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AD 1999: The internet predicted in 1968

submitted by MINK

1 decade 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago

They didn't quite understand the gender revolution but they got the internet right.

11 Comments

Got me by 3 minutes

omg.... seriously? I actually got an "eric3579" before you did? wow i am getting so pro at this lol.
And to think i actually waited a couple of minutes watching a choggie conspiracy vid before i posted!

ant

Maybe *geek

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'home shopping, video terminal, electronic bank, separation of the sexes' to '60s, home shopping, video terminal, electronic bank, separation of the sexes' - edited by swampgirl

"What the wife selects on her console, will be paid for by the husband at his counterpart console" - Pretty much like today then...

The power that be, knew what their plans were.

By 1968 most of the ideas that would form ARPANet and later the Internet were already in motion. But most of what is being described is what we see in the WWW, and that didn't really come to life until the early 90s. I'm torn whether to consider this downright prophetic or just very insightful.

Seeing predicting-the-future type things from the past is always very entertaining, though. Maybe more so when they're completely wrong.

*history *future

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